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Nation, State, School, Textbook

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(Re)Constructing Memory

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Formally, a medium for the transmission of educational content, the school textbook is also an instrument of the state, a national project, as it were. This is particularly so of textbooks of history and social studies—civics, geography, and the like. This volume considers the school textbook in the (re)defining of the nation in 14 national contexts.

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  1. The George Washington University, Washington D.C, USA

    James H. Williams

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    James H. Williams

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Williams, J.H. (2014). Nation, State, School, Textbook. In: Williams, J.H. (eds) (Re)Constructing Memory. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-656-1_1

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