This book PDF is perfect for those who love Civics genre, written by Richard M. Battistoni and published by Jackson : University Press of Mississippi which was released on 03 May 1985 with total hardcover pages 216. You could read this book directly on your devices with pdf, epub and kindle format, check detail and related Public Schooling and the Education of Democratic Citizens books below.
| Author | : Richard M. Battistoni |
| File Size | : 45,8 Mb |
| Publisher | : Jackson : University Press of Mississippi |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 03 May 1985 |
| ISBN | : UCAL:B4450625 |
| Pages | : 216 pages |
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A sound & ideologically balanced analysis of civic education & its malaise in present-day America. "A much needed contribution to the growing literature on this important question"--David Mathews.
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