{"id":1547,"date":"2021-01-22T12:48:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T17:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orangecountyhistory.org\/wp\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2021-05-19T13:21:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T18:21:31","slug":"o-c-social-studies-controversies-and-the-rise-of-the-new-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orangecountyhistory.org\/wp\/?p=1547","title":{"rendered":"O.C. Social Studies Controversies and the Rise of the New Right"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It feels like today\u2019s polarizing political and cultural battles are unique, but there\u2019s nothing new under the sun. Elaine Lewinnek will discuss a fascinating example from local history — \u201cO.C\u2019s Late-\u201860s Social Studies Controversies and the Rise of the New Right\u201d — at the Orange County Historical Society\u2019s Feb 11, 2021 meeting, 7:30 p.m., online via Zoom.<\/p>\n

To register, visit https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/OCHSTextbook<\/a><\/p>\n

Describing her program, Lewinnek writes, \u201cDuring the late 1960s, liberals and conservatives clashed in passionate debates over California\u2019s state-mandated eighth-grade U.S. history textbook, Land of the Free<\/em>. Even as minority racial groups won civil rights battles and fought to integrate both the schools and the schools\u2019 social-studies curriculum, another minority\u2014consisting of female white conservatives\u2014fought tenaciously for control over education and public memory, promoting a romanticized view of history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elaine Lewinnek is professor of American Studies at California State University, Fullerton, and chair of the Environmental Studies program there. She is the author of The Working Man\u2019s Reward: Chicago\u2019s Early Suburbs and the Roots of American Sprawl<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 2014), and is co-author the forthcoming People\u2019s Guide to Orange County <\/em>(University of California Press). She received her Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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