The Book Wars : What It Takes to Be Educated in America

by James Atlas

Book Overview

We are what we read, contends James Atlas in this book about books, the story of America at an educational crossroads. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962474533
• ISBN13: 9780962474538
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Whittle Direct Books
• Length: 91 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Battle of the Books

Well written, and well researched by James Atlas, Battle of the Books covers the debate that was so prominent in the late 80s and early 90s in America over what books should be included in the curriculum. Explaining the views of the various factions of literary theory well enough that their views are understandable, though not always worthy of esteem. Atlas seems nostalgic for a time when you were expected to read the great books which some have criticized for being written by dead European white men and at times lets his nostalga get in the way of presenting his argument. Overall, this is a good book worth reading, for its chronicle of the debate, if nothing else.