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A Survey of All American History Textbooks Adopted for the Public High Schools of Texas from 1919 to 1970
| Institution: | North Texas State University |
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| Year: | 1971 |
| Keywords: | American history textbooks; public high schools; United States – History – Textbooks.; Textbooks. |
| Record ID: | 1486920 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc164468/ |
Abstract
The problem with which this investigation is concerned is the contextual changes which have occurred in American history textbooks adopted for use in the public high schools of the state of Texas from 1919 to 1970. The purpose of the study is to trace the development of high school American history textbooks by analyzing the following five areas: verbal aids, graphic aids, subject content, three areas of historiography, and the prefaces.
