"Then I do what I want": Teachers, state, and empire in 2000

American Ethnologist

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-284

  Silver, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education reform; Empire; Imperialism; Neoliberalism; Puerto Rico; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248150445     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2007.34.2.268     Document Type: Article

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