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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806866903321

Autore

Foerstel Herbert N

Titolo

Banned in the U.S.A : a reference guide to book censorship in schools and public libraries / / Herbert N. Foerstel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2002

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-61639-6

1-280-70889-1

9786610708895

0-313-00670-9

Edizione

[Rev. and expanded ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Disciplina

025.2/13

Soggetti

Censorship - United States

Textbooks - Censorship - United States

Public libraries - Censorship - United States

Public schools - Censorship - United States

Book selection - United States

Public libraries - Book selection - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments and Dedication -- Introduction -- 1 A Survey of Major Bookbanning Incidents -- 2 The Law on Bookbanning -- 3 Voices of Banned Authors -- 4 The Most Frequently Banned or Challenged Books, 1996- 2000 -- Appendixes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.