Public opinion and the teaching of history in the United States

by Bessie Louise Pierce

PUBLIC OPINION AND THE TEACHING OF HISTORY

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Public Opinion and
The Teaching of History
in the United States

BY
BESSIE LOUISE PIERCE, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History, University of Iowa
Head of the Department of Social Studies
University High School

NEW YORK
ALFRED A. KNOPF
1926

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