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Book Title: Weapons of Mass Instruction : A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: New Society Publishers, The Limited

Item Height: 0.6 in

Publication Year: 2010

Topic: Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education, Sociology / General, History, Educators

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Family & Relationships, Social Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 14.1 Oz

Author: John Taylor Gatto

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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