TY  - BOOK
AU  - Loewen,James W.
TI  - Lies my teacher told me: everything your American history textbook got wrong 
SN  - 9780743296281 (pbk.)
AV  - 002 E 175.85 L827l 2007
U1  - 973 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Historia
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Historiografía
N1  - 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
N2  - Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history
ER  -