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importance to publishing industry
- In history of publishing: The early 20th century
Specialization became frequent, particularly in educational books, as the needs of the new school populations were realized. Some companies, such as Macmillan, in both its British and American houses, had begun to issue schoolbooks almost by chance; then, as their sales grew most profitably, they developed separate departments for school…
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…fail so completely as the schoolbook that gets no adoptions.
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introduction in German schools
- In education: The schools of Gotha
…economy), (4) the introduction of textbooks (for reading and basic arithmetic), including notably the first textbook of exact sciences for elementary schools, Reyher’s own Kurzer Unterricht von natürlichen Dingen (1657; “Short Course on Natural Things”), and (5) methodical instruction that, above all, emphasized the clarity of the lesson and the…
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