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Textbook publishers routinely precensor texts to avoid the objections dramatized in West Virginia. His commentary on their objections builds an unusually broad perspective on censorship, which he relates to many current issues of society learning, and—the chief concern of the protesters&m

Title	:	Storm in the Mountains: A Case Study of Censorship, Conflict, and Consciousness
Author	:	James Moffett
Rating	:	4.51 (939 Votes)
Asin	:	080931584X
Format Type	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	280Pages
Publish Date	:	2014-12-1
Language	:	English

Textbook publishers routinely precensor texts to avoid the objections dramatized in West Virginia. His commentary on their objections builds an unusually broad perspective on censorship, which he relates to many current issues of society learning, and—the chief concern of the protesters—religion.Storm in the Mountains is a timely book. He shows exactly how the protesters regard particular reading selections and ultimately, how they think. In 1974 one of the most important and tumultuous textbook conflicts in the history of the United States occurred in Kanawha County, West Virginia.James 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 writ

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