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Reconsidering Arthur Bestor and the Cold War in Social Education

Burton Weltman Department of Curriculum and Instruction, William Paterson University, 300 Pompton Road, Wayne, NJ, 07470-2103, USA
Pages 11-39 | Published online: 12 Jul 2012

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