عنوان

The language police :

(Number (ISBN

1400030641 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

9781400030644 (pbk.)

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b519706

Title Proper

The language police :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

how pressure groups restrict what students learn /

First Statement of Responsibility

Diane Ravitch ; [with a new afterword].

Edition Statement

First Vintage Books edition.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Vintage Books,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2004.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

271 pages ;

Dimensions

21 cm

Text of Note

"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf ... in 2003"--T.p. verso.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-261) and index.

Text of Note

Forbidden topics, forbidden words -- The new meaning of bias --Everybody does it: the textbook publishers -- Everybody does it: the testing companies -- Censorship from the Right -- Censorship from the Left -- The mad, mad, mad world of textbook adoptions -- Literature: forgetting the tradition -- History: the endless battle -- The language police: can we stop them?

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Text of Note

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! Textbook publishers and state education agencies have sought to root out racist, sexist, and elitist language in classroom and library materials. But according to Diane Ravitch, a leading historian of education, what began with the best of intentions has veered toward bizarre extremes. At a time when we celebrate and encourage diversity, young readers are fed bowdlerized texts, devoid of the references that give these works their meaning and vitality. With forceful arguments and sensible solutions for rescuing American education from the pressure groups that have made classrooms bland and uninspiring, The Language Police offers a powerful corrective to a cultural scandal.

Censorship-- United States.

Language and education-- United States.

Test bias-- United States.

Textbooks-- Censorship-- United States.

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Edition

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Ravitch, Diane.

Date of Transaction

20090529000000.0

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[Book]

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