| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 88.4

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Gender, Race, and the National Education Association: Professionalism and Its Limitations. By Wayne J. Urban. (New York: Routledge, 2000. xxiv, 304 pp. Cloth, $80.00, ISBN 0-8153-3816-3. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8153-3817-1.)

Clearly written, well researched, and thoughtful, this book describes and analyzes the changing organizational structure and policies of the National Education Association (NEA) through two world wars, the Great Depression, the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the turn toward conservatism in the 1980s and early 1990s. The NEA operated at three levels—national, state, and local. While the latter two are not ignored, the book focuses on the national level. Primary sources for the book include the NEA Proceedings (containing speeches from the national conventions, reports of national committees, and minutes of the board of directors and other governing bodies) and the Journal of the National Education Association. . . .

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