Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / James W. Loewen.
Publication details: New York : New Press : Distributed by Norton, ©1995.Description: x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 156584100X
- 9781565841000
- Indians of North America in textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks
- Historiography
- Indians of North America in textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks
- Geschiedschrijving
- Beeldvorming
- Geschiedvervalsing
- Geschiedenisonderwijs
- Geschichtsklitterung
- Geschichtsunterricht
- Textbooks
- United States -- History -- Textbooks
- United States -- Historiography
- United States
- USA
- United States -- History
- United States -- Historiography
- 973 20
- E175.85 .L64 1995
- 973 L827L
- 15.85
- NB 9500
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-364) and index.
Introduction: Something Has Gone Very Wrong -- 1493: The True Handicapped by History: The Process of Hero-making -- 1493: The True Importance of Christopher Columbus -- The 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 -- The 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? -- Afterword: The Future Lies Ahead-and What to Do about Them.
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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