Controversial Books in K-12 Classrooms and Libraries: Challenged, Censored, and Banned

by Randy Bobbitt

Controversial Books in K-12 Classrooms and Libraries: Challenged, Censored, and Banned analyzes the history of controversy surrounding assigned reading in K-12 classrooms and books available in school libraries. Randy Bobbitt outlines the history of book banning and controversy in the United States, stemming from 1950s conservative Cold War values of patriotism and respect for authority and ramping up through the 1960s and onward as media coverage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793607877
• ISBN13: 9781793607874
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"