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The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication date April 1, 2003
Pages 255
Binding Hardcover
Edition 1
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780375414824
ISBN-10 0375414827
Dimensions 1 by 6.75 by 9.50 in.
Weight 1.25 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $24.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
Argues that the anti-bias and sensitivity guidelines promoted by the Left and the Right exert so much force on educational publishers that the resulting modified and censored student materials are reduced to bland and boring texts.
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Hardcover
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1 edition from Alfred a Knopf Inc (April 1, 2003)
9780375414824 | details & prices | 255 pages | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Argues that the anti-bias and sensitivity guidelines promoted by the Left and the Right exert so much force on educational publishers that the resulting modified and censored student materials are reduced to bland and boring texts.
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Vintage Books (May 1, 2004)
9781400030644 | details & prices | 288 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.46 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Argues that the anti-bias and sensitivity guidelines promoted by the Left and the Right exert so much force on educational publishers that the resulting modified and censored student materials are reduced to bland and boring texts.
Prebinding
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With Diane Ravitch | Reprint edition from Paw Prints (November 3, 2008)
9781439568569 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $22.95
About: If you’re an actress or a coed just trying to do a man-size job, a yes-man who turns a deaf ear to some sob sister, an heiress aboard her yacht, or a bookworm enjoying a boy’s night out, Diane Ravitch’s internationally acclaimed The Language Police has bad news for you: Erase those words from your vocabulary!

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