Sports, Militarism and American Public Education
Joel Spring
Thursday, 17 Jan 1974 at 3:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
Joel Spring is the Associate Professor of Education at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. His books include Education and the Rise of the Corporate State, Roots of Crisis and American Education in the Twentieth Century.Part of the National Affairs Series: Playground to the Pros - Sports in American Society.
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