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Coetzee, J. M. Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship. University of Chicago Press, 1996. An overview of censorship throughout the world, with a special emphasis on censorship in South Africa. Commager, Henry Steele. Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent. Oxford, 1954. On the necessity for academic freedom. Fish, Stanley Eugene. There's No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It's a Good Thing, Too. Oxford University Press, 1994. Essays on the roles of theory, politics, and literature in society. Gitlin, Todd. The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America Is Wracked by Culture Wars. Holt, 1995. A chronicle of the politics of textbook adoption in Oakland, California, in the early 1990s. Addresses the role of academic debate on social problems. Hofstadter, Richard and Metzger, Walter P. The Development of Academic Freedom in the United States. Columbia, 1955. Basic work. Kors, Alan Charles, and Harvey A. Silverglate. The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses. Free Press, 1998. The authors argue that a left-leaning political orthodoxy limits free thought on college campuses. Morris, Ben. Some Aspects of Professional Freedom of Teachers. Unipub, 1977. Ideas of 856 teachers in 12 countries on academic freedom. O'Neil, Robert M. Classrooms in the Crossfire. Indiana, 1981. Examines community and judicial involvement with public school curriculums. Soley, Lawrence C. Leasing the Ivory Tower: The Corporate Takeover of Academia. South End, 1995. Discussion of how big business, the military, and conservative think tanks have influenced campuses. Delfattore, Joan. What Johnny Shouldn't Read: Textbook Censorship in America. Yale University Press, 1994. A look at the pressures brought to bear on textbook publishers to mollify special interests by modifying schoolbooks. Foerstel, Herbert N. Free Expression and Censorship in America: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood, 1997. Provides information on the full history of the struggle for and against free expression in the United States. Hull, Mary E. Censorship in America: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO, 1999. From books to film to the Internet, a guide to contemporary censorship. Jones, Derek. Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. Fitzroy Dearborn , 2001. A comprehensive view of censorship from Ancient Egypt to modern societies. Leff, Leonard J., and Jerold L. Simmons. Dame in the Kimono: Hollywood, Censorship, and the Production Code from the 1920's to the 1960's. 2nd ed. University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Emphasis on the film industry's efforts at self-censorship. Roleff, Tamara L. Censorship. Gale, 2001. Addresses the volatile issue of censorship and its perpetual conflict with the First Amendment. For high school readers. Day, Nancy. Censorship or Freedom of Expression? Lerner, 2000. Presents various views on the subject; for middle school and high school readers. Netzley, Patricia D. Issues in Censorship. Lucent, 2000. Discussion of contemporary issues; for high school readers.
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