Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: The Place of Diversity 1
6. 1. Diversity Ascendant 13
7. I Public Schooling and American Citizenship
8. Introduction 41
9. 2. Civic Anxieties 45
10. 3. Civic Excess and Reaction 88
11. 4. The Decline of the Common School Idea 110
12. 5. Civic Ends: The Dangers of Civic Totalism 131
13. II Liberal Civic Education and Religious Fundamentalism
14. 6. Multiculturalism and the Religious Right 149
15. 7. Diversity and the Problem of Justification 166
16. 8. The Mirage of Perfect Fairness 188
17. 9. Divided Selves and Transformative Liberalism 212
18. III School Reform and Civic Education
19. 10. Civic Purposes and Public Schools 229
20. 11. The Case for Civically Minded School Reform 254
21. Conclusion: Public Reasons, Private Transformations 275
22. Notes 281
23. Index 337