Bach j. s.

1909 · 030597 — Sacramento: W W Shannon Superintendent Of State Printing 1909. Hardcover. Very Good . Photographs Throughout. 435 Xxx Pp. First Printing Of This 1907 Text As Revised For Use In California Schools. Red Cloth Printed In Black As New Cloth Immaculate Pages Crisp And Unread; Red Morocco Spine Stamped In Gilt And Blindstamped With California State Symbols Gilt Bright But Wear At Spine Ends With Small/Minute Losses At Ends And Slight Fading To Spine Leather. Backstrip Split Along Front Spine Edge Re-Attached. An Interesting Textbook Virtually No Mention Of Minorities Etc.; Native Americans Mentioned Only In Context Of Early Wars; The Only Post-Reconstruction Reference To African Americans Is In A Second Paragraph On The New South "With Material Prosperity Came Ability To Improve The System Of Public Schools. Throughout The South Separate Schools Are Maintained For White And For Negro Children; And Great Progress Has Been Made In Both." The General Tenor Appears To Me To Encourage Absolute Respect And Obedience To Political Authority But Providing No Information For Understanding Of Any American's Situation In Their Natural Historical Or Economic Or Social Or Legal Or International Context And No Notice Of Any Of The American Developments In Philosophy Science Law Historical Research Sociology Economics Business Practices Etc. No Attempt To Provide Any Information Which Would Help Anyone To Think Or Make A Decision Or Undertake Any Constructive Activity Such A List Of Omissions Being Almost Endless And Unexplainable In A 435 Page History Text Specifically Reviewed And Approved By State Authorities. Ignores Virtually All Historical Thought In The Previous 2400 Years. Thank God Or Good Fortune For The Past 100 Years That Took California A Little Forward From The Government Of Yahoos. <br/> <br/> W W Shannon, Superintendent Of State Printing hardcover