Bibliograph

The new math, a political history, Christopher J. Phillips

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Label

The new math, a political history, Christopher J. Phillips

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-233) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The new math

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

875771401

Responsibility statement

Christopher J. Phillips

Sub title

a political history

Summary

An era of sweeping cultural change in America, the postwar years saw the rise of beatniks and hippies, the birth of feminism, and the release of the first video game. This book examines the rise and fall of the new math as a marker of the period's political and social ferment

Table Of Contents

Introduction: the American subject -- The subject and the state: the origins of the new math -- The textbook subject: mathematicians and the new math -- The subject in itself: arithmetic as knowledge -- The subject in the classroom: the selling of the new math -- The basic subject: new math and its discontents -- Epilogue

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