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Lies My Teacher Told Me : Everything your American History Textbook gFGot Wrong / James W. Loewen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2007.Edition: Touchstone trade pbk. edDescription: xix, 444 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780743296281
  • 0743296281
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973 22
LOC classification:
  • E175.85 .L64 2007
Other classification:
  • G571.2
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Something has gone very wrong -- 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 -- See no evil : choosing not to look at the War in Vietnam -- 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.
Summary: 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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"A Touchstone book."

"Completely revised and updated"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Something has gone very wrong -- 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 -- See no evil : choosing not to look at the War in Vietnam -- 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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