More than science and Sputnik : the National Defense Education Act of 1958 /

More than science and Sputnik : the National Defense Education Act of 1958 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Urban, Wayne J.
Imprint:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.
Description:	xiv, 247 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Hill, Lister, -- 1894-1984 Elliott, Carl, -- 1913-1999 Elliott, Carl, -- 1913-1999. Hill, Lister, -- 1894-1984. United States. -- National Defense Education Act of 1958. National Defense Education Act of 1958 (United States) Federal aid to education -- United States -- History. National security -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History. Federal aid to education -- Government policy -- United States. Federal aid to education. National security -- Law and legislation. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8121286

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ISBN:	9780817316914 (cloth : alk. paper) 0817316914 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-238) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Lister Hill, Federal Aid to Education, and Alabama Politics
2. Carl Elliott, Liberal Politics, and the Gospel of Education
3. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Elliot Richardson, and the National Defense Education Act
4. Educators and NDEA: A Mixed Response, a Missed Opportunity, and an Expanded Agency
5. Scientists and NDEA: Maintaining the Momentum
6. NDEA, 1958 to 1965
7. NDEA, in Perspective
Notes
Index