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The Eugenic Zombie in a Graveyard of Textbooks

Textbook HistoryBy Ronald Ladouceur August 7, 2011 4 Comments

August 7, 2011 During the first decades of the twentieth century, WASP elites in the U.S. got themselves into quite a tizzy about sex and race. Metaphysical threats, like the death of “virgin forests,” the “darkening tide” of immigration and the dreaded “white plague” of Tuberculosis, combined with economic threats, like the new permanent income…

Kroeber and Wolff’s Excellent Adventures

Textbook HistoryBy Ronald Ladouceur November 5, 2009 1 Comment

November 5, 2009 Published in 1938, Adventures With Livings Things was one of the most comprehensive, most far-sighted American high school biology textbooks of the century. It was also one of the most challenging. And in terms of commercial success and influence, perhaps one of the most disappointing. Authored by accomplished New York City educators…