Textbook Reds: Schoolbooks, Ideology, and Eastern German Identity - Paperback

by John Rodden (Author)

Textbook Reds is a work in the sociology of education, and literary sociology and history. Rodden shows that the deepest roots of German Democratic Republic society were indeed located in the institution that molded the youth of its citizens.

Author Biography

John Rodden is Adjunct Professor in Speech Communication at the University of Texas. His books include Repainting the Little Red Schoolhouse: A History of Eastern German Education, 1945-1995 (2002) and Performing the Literary Interview: How Writers Craft Their Public Selves (2001).