Classroom in Conflict

John A. Williams is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

• Forewordby William R. Taylor Acknowledgments 1. One Classroom: An Introduction 2. Conflicting Views of the Classroom Revolution 3. The Teacher's Pitch and the Student Audience 4. Insiders and Outsiders 5. The Colonizer and the Colonized 6. The Uses of Comparative History 7. Teaching a Racially Sensitive Subject 8. On Understanding the South African Freedom Struggle 9. Imperialism 10. Nationalism and Racism: The Keywords 11. Structures of Argument in African History 12. The Other: The Problem of Authenticity 13. The World Context of American Pluralism 14. Learning in the Pluralist Classroom 15. The Rules of Discussion 16. In Pursuit of Pluralism Bibliography Index

"This is a remarkable book. It does more to open up a dialogue about important questions in higher education than any other book I have read. Williams has taken on many difficult teaching situations and, using his own experiences, built a convincing case for a continuing dialogue on teaching about pluralism." — Glenn A. Linden, Southern Methodist University"John A. Williams has given us not another critical polemic or reformist panacea but rather a cautionary tale focused upon his own teaching—and learning—experience. Classroom in Conflict is that rare thing: a user's manual for the college teacher that is also a philosophical contribution to education. In moments of reflection—and they are many—its insights illuminate our times." — from the Foreword by William R. Taylor