Yoder Case

by Shawn Francis Peters

Compulsory education has always been in the best interest of the state, as it fosters good citizenship and self-sufficiency. But what if a segment of society considers state education detrimental to its own values? In the late 1960s, one Wisconsin Amish community held that view and removed its children from public schools. When the state claimed truancy and took Jonas Yoder and two other parents to court, a legal battle of landmark proportions followed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700612734
• ISBN13: 9780700612734
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.4"