This book is about the social, political and cultural content of elementary and secondary textbooks in American education. It focuses on the nature of the discourses—the content and context—that represent what is included in textbooks.

AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroductionPart One: Studies of American Textbooks and their Content from the Late 18th, 19th, and Early 20th Centuries1. Education and the Iconography of the Republic: Patriotic Symbolism in the Frontispieces of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century American Textbooks Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr.2. Values Expressed in American Children's Readers: 1800-1950 Richard Decharms and Gerald H. Moeller3. Images of Women in Textbooks 1880-1920 Joan N. Burstyn, Ruth R. Corrigan4. Catholic Textbooks and Cultural Legitimacy, 1840-1935 Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr.5. The Discourse of Americanization Textbooks: 1914-1924 Annis N. Shaver6. Textbooks and Reconstruction W.E.B. DuBois7. The Lingering Impact of the Scopes Trial on High School Biology Textbooks Randy MoorePart Two: Ideology, Race, Ethnicity, Socio-Economic Status, Gender, Disability, and Religion in 20th-Century American Textbooks8. Ideology and United States History Textbooks Jean Anyon9. The Representation of Christopher Columbus in High School History Textbooks: A Content Analysis Manuel Bello and Annis N. Shaver10. Don Juan and Rebels Under Palm Trees: Depictions of Latin Americans in US History Textbooks Barbara C. Cruz11. Race, Class, Gender, and Disability in Current Textbooks Christine E. Sleeter, Carl A. Grant12. Brown-ning the American Textbook: History, Psychology, and the Origins of Modern Multiculturalism Jonathan Zimmerman13. Making Dick and Jane: Historical Genesis of the Modern Basal Reader Alan Luke14. Harold Rugg vs. Horatio Alger: Social Class and Economic Opportunity, 1930-1960 Joseph Moreau15. Textbook Content and Religious Fundamentalism Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr.Bibliography