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Are textbooks biased?

Title
Are textbooks biased? [electronic resource] / Noah Berlatsky, book editor.
Publication
Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2012.

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Berlatsky, Noah.
Description
1 online resource (128 p.)
Series Statement
At issue
Uniform Title
Are textbooks biased? (Online)
Subject
  • Textbooks > United States
  • Censorship > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Censorship from the left and right distorts textbooks / Anne C. Westwater -- Conservatives are attempting to insert bias into textbooks / Mariah Black -- Textbooks display a liberal bias and an anti-American slant / Marcia Segelstein -- Textbooks are biased in favor of American ethnocentrism / James W. Loewen -- Textbooks are biased against women in America / Rae Lesser Blumberg -- Textbooks are biased in favor of Islam / Gary A. Tobin and Dennis R. Ybarra -- Textbooks are not biased in favor of Islam / Susan Douglass -- Textbooks are biased in favor of evolution / Casey Luskin -- Textbooks that teach evolution are not biased / Glenn Branch -- The abstinence-only sex education curriculum is biased and dangerous / Eric Alterman and George Zornick -- The abstinence-only sex education curriculum is effective / Christine Kim and Robert Rector -- Textbook content should be controlled by experts / Marie Landau -- Parents should have more choice in curriculum content / Andrew J. Coulson -- Textbook biases are indicative of broader educational problems / Sara Mayeux.
LCCN
2011026842
OCLC
ssj0000919318
Title
Are textbooks biased? [electronic resource] / Noah Berlatsky, book editor.
Imprint
Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2012.
Series
At issue
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Berlatsky, Noah.
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