Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Organization and Sources -- The Nature of Biography -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Paul Hanna's Childhood, Youth, and Young Adulthood -- Childhood -- Youth -- Hanna at Hamline University -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Paul Hanna at Teachers College, Columbia University -- The Early Years at Teachers College -- Hanna at West Winfield -- Return to Teachers College -- Influences on Hanna's Thought Regarding the Role of the School -- The Virginia Curriculum Study -- Leaving Teachers College -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Paul Hanna at Stanford University -- Hanna and Stanford -- The Teacher Early in His Career -- Hanna Turns West -- Hanna and His Family -- The Teacher Later in His Career -- Stanford Colleagues -- Funding for the University -- The Building America Controversy -- International Education -- Philanthropy -- Conflicts With Stanford -- Hanna's Last Years -- The End -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Paul Hanna's Writing Career -- The Purpose of Social Studies -- The School in Its Community -- Origins of Hanna's Social Studies Textbooks -- Textbooks as Tools for Social Critique -- The Expanding Communities Model Refined -- The International Community -- The Last Social Studies Textbooks -- A Common Curriculum to Build Community -- Hanna and Mathematics Education -- Spelling Instruction -- The World Book Encyclopedia -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Paul Hanna's Involvement in Professional Education Organizations -- Hanna and the Philosophy of the Progressive Education Association -- Participation in the Spring Conference -- The Beginnings of the John Dewey Society -- The Society for Curriculum Study -- The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development -- The National Education Association.

The National Council for the Social Studies -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Paul Hanna and International Development Education -- Beginnings -- Hanna and Postwar Germany -- Hanna and the Philippines -- In Southeast Asia -- Other International Work -- The Stanford International Development Education Center -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Conclusions -- Hanna's Contributions to Education -- Interpreting Hanna's Political Views -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Chronological Bibliography of Published Works by Paul R. Hanna -- Appendix B: Partial List of Paul R. Hanna's Doctoral Advisees at Stanford University With Dissertation Titles, Arranged Chronologically -- Appendix C: Chronological List of Courses Taught by Paul R. Hanna at the Stanford University School of Education -- Works Cited -- Index.