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Book Review
| American Indians, the Irish, and Government Schooling: A Comparative Study. By Michael C. Coleman. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. xiii + 367 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliographic essay, index. $49.95, CAN$62.50, £37.95.)
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Michael Coleman sets out to compare the government schools in the United States and Ireland, created to socialize and educate the American Indian and Irish populations. At first glance, these two populations appear to be too different for comparison. Yet, he aptly demonstrates how the differences raise new questions about colonialism, socialization, and cultural resistance. |
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