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Civil rights, culture wars the fight over a Mississippi textbook

Title
Civil rights, culture wars [electronic resource] : the fight over a Mississippi textbook / Charles W. Eagles.
Author
Eagles, Charles W.
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]

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Description
1 online resource (298 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Civil rights, culture wars (Online)
Alternative Title
Civil rights, culture wars (Online)
Subject
  • History > Study and teaching (Secondary) > Mississippi
  • Civil rights > Mississippi > History
  • Mississippi > History > Textbooks
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-288) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Conflict: combating ignorance -- Textbooks: their history, role, and importance -- Histories: earlier Mississippi history textbooks -- Writers: Jim Loewen, Charles Sallis, and their team -- Project: development and writing of conflict and change -- Reception: reviews and reactions -- Controversy: rejected by the textbook purchasing board -- Case: preparing the legal challenge -- Trial: Loewen v. Turnipseed in federal court -- Change: the book's effects and the culture wars.
LCCN
2016021187
OCLC
ssj0001756915
Author
Eagles, Charles W.
Title
Civil rights, culture wars [electronic resource] : the fight over a Mississippi textbook / Charles W. Eagles.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-288) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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