Manufacturing descent: Basal readers and the creation of reading failures

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-245

  Shannon, Patrick ^a   Crawford, Patricia ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 85008756962     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1057356970130303     Document Type: Article

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