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Article: Great books of the twentieth century and their influence on social studies education.
- Article from:
- The Social Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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As the new millennium approaches, educators often look back as well as forward. Many articles will be written about our future together. But what of our past? The editors of The Social Studies invited respected scholars in our field to consider this question: "The twentieth century was a century for book publication. Now, as this century comes to a close, which of those many books had, or should have had, the greatest impact on social education in North America?"
RODNEY F. ALLEN Co-Executive Editor The Social Studies
I do not claim that William McNeill's The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community (University of Chicago Press, 1963) has ...