In this article, we ask how Finnish basic education school textbooks in social science portray tourism and countries with a big tourism sector. We have analyzed the textbook quotes from a postcolonial perspective, using discourse theory analysis. The idea is to challenge what is considered objective information about tourist locations in school…

Suggests a typology of ethnic-education programs and examines the Swedish-speaking community in Finland as an example of an effort to control a separate educational program and maintain the separate ethnic identity of a declining cultural, economic, and social elite. (DB)