"The study examines press commentary on Latin America in U.S. newspapers and magazines during the 1920s, identifying three prevailing stereotypes: the Latin American as a political child; the backward nation that yearns for deliverance from its impoverished condition; and the exotic Latin temperamen ... t that is alien to Anglo sensibilities. Such stereotypes ostensibly served to explain Latin American behavior and political events to the U.S. public; however, these images also served to justify U.S. actions in the hemisphere and defined the United States as a mature, civilized, and rational nation." (Publisher description) more

"A volume of essays on government and international agency policies regarding the provision of textbooks in developing countries, analysing problems and constraints, and examining the economic, social, and pedagogic questions involved in textbook writing for both primary and secondary schools and fo ... r tertiary education. The second part of the book considers the content of textbooks and the influence of textbooks in classroom practice, with examples from texts to show how they relate to the life of the audiences for whom they are written, and the relationship between textbook content and state policies or ideology." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 209) more