Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / James W. Loewen.

By:

Loewen, James W. (James William), 1942-2021

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, [1996]Edition: 1st Touchstone edDescription: 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

0684818868
9780684818863

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002 E 175.85 L827l 1996

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Handicapped by history: the process of hero-making 1493: the true importance of Christopher Columbus Truth about the first Thanksgiving Red eyes "Gone with the wind": the invisibility of racism in American history textbooks John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: the invisibility of antiracism in American history textbooks Land of opportunity Watching big brother: what textbooks teach about the federal government Down the memory hole: the disappearance of the recent past Progress is our most important product Why is history taught like this? What is the result of teaching history like this?

Summary: Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history

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"A Touchstone book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-375) and index.

Handicapped by history: the process of hero-making
1493: the true importance of Christopher Columbus
Truth about the first Thanksgiving
Red eyes
"Gone with the wind": the invisibility of racism in American history textbooks
John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: the invisibility of antiracism in American history textbooks
Land of opportunity
Watching big brother: what textbooks teach about the federal government
Down the memory hole: the disappearance of the recent past
Progress is our most important product
Why is history taught like this?
What is the result of teaching history like this?

Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history

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