Textbooks in American society Politics, policy, and pedagogy

Textbooks in American society Politics, policy, and pedagogy

Textbooks in American society

Politics, policy, and pedagogy

Altbach

Philip G.

Altbach, Philip G.

Dept. of Educational Administration and Higher Education, Lynch School of Education

Editor

Editor

Kelly

Gail P.

Kelly, Gail P.

Editor

Editor

Petrie

Hugh G.

Petrie, Hugh G.

Editor

Editor

Weis

Lois

Weis, Lois

Editor

Editor

text

book

nyu Albany, N.Y. State University of New York Press c1991 1991 monographic

nyu

nyu

Albany, N.Y.

Albany, N.Y.

State University of New York Press

c1991

1991

monographic

eng

eng

print 261 p. ; 23 cm.

print

261 p. ; 23 cm.

Regulating the text: The socio-historical roots of state control / Michael W. Apple -- The politics of textbook policy: Proposing a framework / Kenneth K. Wong and Tom Loveless -- The determinants of textbook content / Sherry Keith -- The new world of textbooks: Industry consolidation and its consequences / Gilbert T. Sewall and Peter Cannon -- Constitutional challenges to textbooks / Edward J. Larson -- Nineteenth century policies for twenty-first century practice: The textbook reform dilemma / Harriet Tyson-Bernstein and Arthur Woodward -- California's experience with textbook improvement / Bill Honig -- State-level textbook selection reform: Toward the recognition of fundamental control / J. Dan Marshall -- American textbook reform: What can we learn from the Soviet experience? / Howard Mehlinger.

(cont.) From the ivory tower to the bottom line: An editor's perspective on college textbook publishing / Naomi Silverman -- Textbook writing and ideological management: A postmodern approach / Joel Spring -- Basal reading textbooks and the teaching of literacy / Allan Luke -- Basal readers and the illusion of legitimacy / Patrick Shannon -- The unchanging variable: Textbooks in comparative perspective / Philip G. Altbach.

edited by Philip G. Altbach ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Version of record.

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Textbooks United States

Textbooks

United States

Textbooks Publishing United States

Textbooks

Publishing

United States

Manuels scolaires États-Unis

Manuels scolaires

États-Unis

Manuels scolaires Édition États-Unis

Manuels scolaires

Édition

États-Unis

LB3047 .T49 1991

379.1/56

SUNY series, frontiers in education

SUNY series, frontiers in education

SUNY series, frontiers in education

0791406695 (alk. paper)

9780791406694 (alk. paper)

0791406709 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780791406700 (pbk. : alk. paper)

90043397

English eng

English eng

English

eng