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Ross, E. Wayne (Ed.). (1997). The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities. Albany: State University of New York Press. 228 pages, paper $18.95, ISBN 0-7914-3444-3. Reviewed by Mary S. Black
Nash, Gary B., Crabtree, Charlotte, and Dunn, Ross E. (1997). History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past. New York: Knopf. 318 pages, hard cover, $26.00, ISBN 0-679-44687-7 Reviewed by Lucien Ellington