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Peer reviewedMcAulay, J. D. – Clearing House, 1978
Fourteen education students from Southeast Asia evaluated seven unspecified tenth grade social studies texts from five Pennsylvania schools, and made comments on the accuracy of presentations of Southeast Asian culture, customs, history, and topography. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Asian History, Asian Studies, Cultural Traits, Geography
Witter, Janet, Ed. – Oregon ASCD Curriculum Bulletin, 1977
The first essay in this publication reports on an assessment of the way Asian culture is portrayed in nearly 300 textbooks in common use in the United States. The assessment revealed that the texts fail to represent Asia fairly; the most serious problems are the underlying, purely Western yardsticks with which the majority of the texts approach…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Asian History, Bias, Books
