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Author: James Moffett
Edition: 1St Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 080931584X

Storm in the Mountains: A Case Study of Censorship, Conflict, and Consciousness

In 1974 one of the most important and tumultuous textbook conflicts in the history of the United States occurred in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Download Storm in the Mountains: A Case Study of Censorship, Conflict, and Consciousness from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. ames Moffett had developed for Houghton Mifflin a highly regarded program with a rich array of subjects and ideas, media and methods, points of view, and cultures that the people of Appalachia feared would undermine the values they had taught their children.Moffett lets the book banners speak for themselves through interviews and through the official objections written by citizen reviewers of the texts. He shows exactly how the protesters regard particular reading selections and ultimately, how they think. His commentary on their objections builds an unusually broad perspective on censorship, whic Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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