A substantial revision of Curriculum Books The First Eighty Years this new volume is a comprehensive presentation of curriculum books that have contributed to theoretical and practical discourse about curriculum throughout the twentieth century. Following an introduction that explains the books purpose and how it was constructed the authors present each decade in a chapter that provides contextual reminders about the social political and cultural events of the time period discussion of salient events in curriculum discourse and a comprehensive bibliography by year of curriculum books. More than 3000 curriculum books are weaved into this presentation. The original and updated conclusions are offered to provide interpretative perspective on curricular trends state of the field and possibilities for the future of curriculum studies.