| Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries Contributor(s): Foerstel, Herbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313285179 ISBN-13: 9780313285172 Publisher: Greenwood Press OUR PRICE: $51.98 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2005 Annotation: Virtually every aspect of book censorship, from its historical inception, to current trends and cases is examined in this up-to-date, comprehensive, and readable survey and reference source. In response to the sharp increase in censorship attempts in American schools and public libraries in the 1990s, Foerstel analyzes eight major bookbanning incidents from 1976 through 1992, ranks the 50 most frequently challenged books in the 1990s and summarizes the challenges to them, traces First Amendment cases and precedents in bookbanning in schools and public libraries, and interviews frequently banned authors including Judy Blume, Robert Cormier, and Katherine Paterson. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - General - Law | Constitutional |
| Dewey: 025.213 |
| LCCN: 93029095 |
| Series: New Directions in Information Management |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.42" W x 9.59" (1.31 lbs) 231 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Foerstel analyses eight major book-banning incidents from 1976 to 1992, ranks the 50 most challenged books in the 1990s and summarises the challenges to them. He also traces First Amendment cases and precedents in book-banning in schools and public libraries, and interviews banned authors. |