Manufacturing visions of society and history in textbooks

Journal of Communication

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 68-81

  Perlmutter, David D ^a  

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EID: 0031518387     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.1997.tb02717.x     Document Type: Article

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