Offers both a history of education and social movements, and an intellectual history of a leading curriculum scholar

Brings the work of  Erik Erickson to bear on contemporary issues in education

Jonathan G. Silin is Editor-in-Chief of the Occasional Papers Series at the Bank Street College of Education, USA, and a fellow at the Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada. His previous books include Sex, Death, and the Education of Children: Our Passion for Ignorance in the Age of AIDS and My Father’s Keeper: Story of a Gay Son and His Aging Parents. http://www.jonathansilin.com