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Peer reviewedSchomburg, Carl E. – Social Education, 1986
The powerful influence the state of Texas exerts in textbook adoptions throughout the country is analyzed. In revising a text or writing a new book, it is easier for publishers to omit issues that may be controversial than lose out on an adoption and big money. (RM)
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Publishing Industry, Social Studies
Peer reviewedTani, Masaru; And Others – Social Education, 1993
Reports on a study trip by 13 U.S. social studies educators and publishers to Japan. Compares development, marketing, and selection of textbooks in the United States and Japan. Concludes that both nations should improve textbooks and textbook selection processes. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship
