Learning to Divide the World: Education at Empire's End

Learning to Divide the World: Education at Empire's End by Willinsky, John. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780816630769.

Author John Willinsky discusses how the discovery of the New World inspired European culture with "the desire to take hold of the world . . . to enumerate, order, identify, and differentiate". LEARNING TO DIVIDE THE WORLD raises urgent questions about how colonialism gave rise to powerful ideas of race, culture, and nation that continue to influence us--and the children we are educating. 11 photos.