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The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication date
May 1, 2004
Pages
288
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781400030644
ISBN-10
1400030641
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.46 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In a hard-hitting critique of American education, the author of Left Back discusses the causes and repercussions of a widespread censorship that has purged educational materials of potentially offensive language and images, examining the consequences of political correctness run amok on both the left and right. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
Editions
Hardcover
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.
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
The price comparison is for this edition
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.
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
With Diane Ravitch |
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (November 3, 2008)
9781439568569 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $22.95
About: If youâre 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 boyâs night out, Diane Ravitchâs internationally acclaimed The Language Police has bad news for you: Erase those words from your vocabulary!
About: If youâre 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 boyâs night out, Diane Ravitchâs internationally acclaimed The Language Police has bad news for you: Erase those words from your vocabulary!
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