Reflections of a Longtime Textbook Author; or, History Revised, Revised—and Revised Again

Norton reflects on the challenges of working collaboratively with other authors and on the importance of regularly revising a textbook to incorporate new scholarship and to address criticisms based on classroom use. She claims that authors and coauthors, not editors or market specialists, decide wha...

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Published in:The Journal of American history (Bloomington, Ind.) Ind.), 2005-03, Vol.91 (4), p.1383-1390, Article 1383
Main Author: Norton, Mary Beth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Historical text analysis
Introductory courses
Literary style
Narratives
Norton, David
Publishing industry
Social history
Teachers
Teaching
Textbook preparation
Textbooks
Textbooks and Teaching
United States history
Womens history
Writers
Writing
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Summary:Norton reflects on the challenges of working collaboratively with other authors and on the importance of regularly revising a textbook to incorporate new scholarship and to address criticisms based on classroom use. She claims that authors and coauthors, not editors or market specialists, decide what to retain and what to drop from edition to edition.
ISSN:0021-8723
1945-2314
1936-0967
DOI:10.2307/3660178