Patriotism, history and the legitimate aims of American education

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 378-398

  Merry, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coercion; History; Legitimacy; Loyalty; Partiality; Patriotism

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149168579     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2007.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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