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==Selected bibliography== {{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?153953-1/building-bridge-18th-century Presentation by Postman on ''Building a Bridge to the 18th Century'', December 1, 1999]}} * ''Television and the Teaching of English'' (1961). * ''Linguistics: A Revolution in Teaching'', with Charles Weingartner ([[Dell Publishing]], 1966). * ''[[Teaching as a Subversive Activity]]'', with Charles Weingartner ([[Delacorte Press]], 1969). * "Bullshit and the Art of Crap-Detection" β speech given at National Convention for the Teachers of English (1969)<ref>In [https://web.archive.org/web/20190112221016if_/http://media.usm.maine.edu/~lenny/Bullshit/crap_detection.pdf this speech], Postman encouraged teachers to help their students "distinguish useful talk from bullshit". He argued that it was the most important skill students could learn, and that teaching it would help students understand their own values and beliefs.</ref> * ''The Soft Revolution: A Student Handbook for Turning Schools Around'', with Charles Weingartner ([[Delacorte Press]], 1971). * ''The School Book: For People Who Want to Know What All the Hollering Is About'', with Charles Weingartner ([[Delacorte Press]], 1973). * ''Crazy Talk, Stupid Talk: How We Defeat Ourselves by the Way We Talk and What to Do About It'' (1976). Postman's introduction to [[general semantics]]. * ''Teaching as a Conserving Activity'' (1979). * ''The Disappearance of Childhood'' (1982). * ''[[Amusing Ourselves to Death|Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business]]'' (1985). * ''Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education'' (1988). * ''How to Watch TV News'', with [[Steve Powers]] (1992). * ''[[Technopoly|Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology]]'' (1992). * ''[[The End of Education|The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School]]'' (1995). * ''Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future'' (1999). * MacNeil, R. (Writer/Host).''Visions of Cyberspace: With Charlene Hunter Gault'' (July 25, 1995). Arlington, Virginia: [[MacNeil/Lehrer Productions]].
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