Twentieth-Century Textbook Wars: A History of Advocacy and Opposition

by Gerard Giordano

When critics initially attacked textbook publishers for selfishly pursuing profits and employing flawed models of pedagogy, zealous advocates were able to rebut these philosophical arguments. Additional disputes erupted about the ways textbooks depicted nationalism, religion, race, and gender. Armed with precise examples of offensive textbook features, confrontational opponents could not be easily dismissed. Although publishers who wished to align...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820452289
• ISBN13: 9780820452289
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.