Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries
- ISBN-10
- 0313311668
- ISBN-13
- 9780313311666
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- Herbert N. Foerstel
Description
Looks at censorship in American schools and libraries, and includes a section of the fifty most banned books from 1996 through 2000, including newcomer Harry Potter.
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Other editions
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- 1998-12-15
- 232 pages
- Paperback
- I.B. Tauris
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- 1994
- 231 pages
- Paperback
- Greenwood Press
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