The new math : a political history /
Phillips, Christopher J.(Christopher James),1982-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Mathematics
Mathematics
Education and state
Also issued online.