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Called to Reckon

Replacing History and Reclaiming Mission at a Midwestern College

Herausgeber: Simonsen, Jane E.

Beschreibung

Called to Reckon offers a non-traditional history of Augustana College by centering the narratives of racially and ethnically diverse students and educators often overlooked in the institution's past. The book traces how the college, founded by Swedish Lutherans with a mission to educate for the common good and 'serve the neighbor so that all may flourish,' has been challenged to live up to these values over its -year history.

Autor

Jane E. Simonsen is a professor of history and women's, gender, and sexuality studies and the Richard A. Swanson Chair of Social Thought at Augustana College. She is the author of Making Home Work: Domesticity and Native American Assimilation in the American West, 1860-1919. Contributions by Steven Bahls, Robert Burke, Lizandra Gomez-Ramirez, Lauren Hammond-Ford, Sarah Lashley, Jason Mahn, Harrison Phillis, Mark Safstrom, Monica M. Smith, Christopher Strunk, andAndrea Talentino.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Southern Illinois University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780809339891
• ISBN-10: 0809339897
• Artikelnr.: 75454532