The Miseducation of the West: How Schools and the Media Distort Our Understanding of the Islamic World (Reverberations: Cultural Studies and Education)

by Shirley R. Steinberg (Editor), Joe L. Kincheloe (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $98.07

  Educators examine the ways in which media and schools have shaped Western views of Islam forming a perspective which gave easy justification for the colonial conquest of the Muslim world. Economic colonization, the oil business and interference with various governments are central dimensions of this work.