Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / James W. Loewen.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2007Edition: Touchstone trade pbk. edDescription: xix, 444 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780743296281 (pbk.)
- 0743296281 (pbk.)
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- 002 E 175.85 L827l 2007
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Originally published: New York : New Press,1995.
"A Touchstone book."
"Completely revised and updated"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-434) and index.
Introduction to the Second Edition xi
Introduction: Something Has Gone Very Wrong 1
1 Handicapped by History: The Process of Hero-making
11
2 1493: The True Importance of Christopher Columbus
31
3 The Truth About the First Thanksgiving
70
4 Red Eyes
93
5 "Gone With the Wind": The Invisibility of Racism in American History Textbooks
135
6 John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: The Invisibility of Antiracism in American History Textbooks
172
7 The Land of Opportunity
204
8 Watching Big Brother: What Textbooks Teach About the Federal Government
219
9 See No Evil: Choosing Not to Look at the War in Vietnam
244
10 Down the Memory Hole: The Disappearance of the Recent Past 259
11 Progress Is Our Most Important Product 280
12 Why Is History Taught Like This? 301
13 What Is the Result of Teaching History Like This? 340
Afterword: The Future Lies Ahead��and What to Do About Them 355
Notes 363
Appendix 435
Index
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.
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