Education, socialization, and development of national identity: The American common school and Israel Defense Forces in transnational perspective.

From: Shofar | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The experiences of the nineteenth-century American common school and the twentieth century Israel Defense Forces as educational agencies provide a rich ground for the sort of comparative analysis undertaken by the burgeoning field of transnational history. While American historians have pointed out that a major purpose of common schooling in America was the socialization of immigrants into American life and culture, and Israelis have commented in similar fashion about education undertaken by the Israel Defense Forces, little attempt has been made to compare and contrast the ...

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