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Dumbing down
essays on the strip mining of American culture
By Washburn, Katharine & Thornton, John F. & Simon, John G.
- ISBN
- 978-0-39303-829-3
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton, 1996.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 15, 1996
The editors of this collection believe that an infection of thoughtlessness has placed American culture in a terminal condition. Washburn, a writer and translator, and literary agent Thornton have edited essays by several generally like-minded critics, creative writers, and social scientists. Most have a particular ideological complaint: America is dumber because it has abandoned its standards to accommodate affirmat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
