title: Learning from Mickey, Donald and Walt: Essays on Disney's Edutainment Films
author:  A. Bowdoin Van Riper 
description: A. Bowdoin Van Riper has written several books and articles on popular culture and on the history of geology, archaeology, and technology. He teaches in the Social and International Studies Department at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia.
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  Brent Ford, Susan Gerber, Marielle Henault, Winnie Ho, Scott Piehl, Jon
  Rogers, Judi Smith, and Marybeth Tregarthen
  
  
  ISBN 978-1-4231-5251-4
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Table of Contents
  
  
    * [Acknowledgments](dummy_split_005.html#filepos5085)
  
  
  * [Historical](dummy_split_006.html#filepos12863)
  
  
  * [Prologue](dummy_split_007.html#filepos14637)
  
  
  * [Chapter One](dummy_split_008.