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Peer reviewedAnyon, Jean – Harvard Educational Review, 1979
The content of seventeen widely used secondary school United States history textbooks was examined, focusing on economic and labor history from the Civil War to World War I. It was found that the content reflects the ideology of particular groups in society and excludes that of others. (CT)
Descriptors: American History, Economics Education, History Textbooks, Labor
