Loewen, James W. <br/><br/>
Lies my teacher told me :  everything your American history textbook got wrong / 
James W. Loewen. 
 - New York :  New Press :  Distributed by Norton,  ©1995. 
 - x, 372 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-364) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>156584100X 9781565841000 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94005925  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Indians of North America in textbooks.<br/>Thanksgiving Day in textbooks.<br/>Historiography.<br/>Indians of North America in textbooks.<br/>Thanksgiving Day in textbooks.<br/>Geschiedschrijving.<br/>Beeldvorming.<br/>Geschiedvervalsing.<br/>Geschiedenisonderwijs.<br/>Geschichtsklitterung<br/>Geschichtsunterricht<br/>Textbooks.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Textbooks.<br/>United States--Historiography.<br/>United States.<br/>USA.<br/>United States--History.<br/>United States--Historiography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Textbooks.<br/>History.<br/>Textbooks.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E175.85  / .L64 1995 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>973 L827L