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Book Title: Weapons of Mass Instruction : A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: New Society Publishers, The Limited
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2010
Topic: Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education, Sociology / General, History, Educators
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Family & Relationships, Social Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Author: John Taylor Gatto
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
