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  <name><![CDATA[Neil Postman]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Neil Postman, an important American educator, media theorist and cultural critic was probably best known for his popular 1985 book, &lt;i&gt;Amusing Ourselves to Death&lt;/i&gt;. For more than four decades he was associated with New York University, where he created and led the Media Ecology program.

He is the author of more than thirty significant books on education, media criticism, and cultural change including T&lt;i&gt;eaching as a Subversive Activity, The Disappearance of Childhood, Technopoly&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century&lt;/i&gt;.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Marshall McLuhan, Louis Forsdale]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>New York, New York</hometown>  <born_at>03/08/1931</born_at>  <died_at>10/05/2003</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Neil Postman]]></name>
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  <published>1985</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Neil Postman]]></name>
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  <published>1991</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Disappearance of Childhood]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Neil Postman]]></name>
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  <published>1982</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Neil Postman]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Teaching as a Subversive Activity]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Neil Postman]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.15</average_rating>
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  <title><![CDATA[Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Neil Postman]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Neil Postman]]></name>
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        <book id="96446">
  <title><![CDATA[How to Watch TV News]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Neil Postman]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.46</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <published>1992</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Soft Revolution: A Student Handbook for Turning Schools Around]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Neil Postman]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Charles Weingartner]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Teaching as a Conserving Activity]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Neil Postman]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.78</average_rating>
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  <published>1979</published>  
  
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