Ella Thea Smith and the lost history of American high school biology textbooks

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 435-471

  Ladouceur, Ronald P ^a  

^a SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological Sciences Curriculum Study; Biology textbooks; BSCS; Civic Biology; Creationism; Ella Thea Smith; Evolution; Exploring Biology; Modern Biology; Racial development; Scopes trial

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BOOK; EDUCATION; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; RELIGION AND SCIENCE; SCHOOLS; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

THEA;

EID: 49849092270     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-007-9139-3     Document Type: Review

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