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Chicago: Spencer Press, 1951. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Near fine/very good +. [various]. Seventeen original pamphlets, near fine in a very good plus, original box. Pamphlets show wear only to stapled edge. Box has gilt label with very minor loss and rubbing, plus two small scratches. Octavo. Written by the scientific and educational authorities of the time.
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Better Living Booklets for Parents and Teachers
by Science Research Associates, Inc.; Thelma Gwinn Thurstone, Katharine Mann Byrne, O. Spurgeon English, Stusrt M. Finch, G. Frederic Kuder, Blanche B. Paulson, Edith G. Neisser, Rhoda W. Bacmeister, Lester A. Kirkendall, et al
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Educational Wastelands: The Retreat from Learning in our Public Schools
by Arthur E. Bestor
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Urbana: The University of Illinois Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. A very good first edition in its original, very good dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with silver title stamping. Front cover shows a very light, nearly imperceptible dampstain. Binding is sturdy and square. Toning to page edges, with toning and spotting on endpapers. Previous owner's named stamped on first free endpaper. Dust jacket has a moderate amount of creases and chips at top and bottom edges, and heavy spotting on rear flap. 226 pp. including index. Royal octavo, 7 x 10 1/4 inches tall. After establishing himself as an academic historian, Arthur Eugene Bestor Jr. achieved national renown during the 1950s as a critic of Progressive education. Bestor won notoriety, however, not for his serious scholarship, but for his popular criticism of Progressive education. The teacher shortage that followed World War II resulted in an increase of enrollments in education courses and a corresponding decrease…
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