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Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong
- Title
- Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / James W. Loewen.
- Author
- Loewen, James W.
- Publication
- New York : New Press : Distributed by Norton, ©1995 [2005]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IAE 95-2218 | Schwarzman Building M2 - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xxxiv, 376 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Textbooks.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-364) and index.
- 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 -- Down the memory hole: the disappearance of the recent past -- Progress in or most important product -- Why is history taught like this? -- What is the result of teaching history like this?
- Call Number
- IAE 95-2218
- ISBN
- 156584100X
- 9781565841000
- LCCN
- 94005925
- OCLC
- 964433162
- Author
- Loewen, James W.
- Title
- Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / James W. Loewen.
- Imprint
- New York : New Press : Distributed by Norton, ©1995 [2005]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-364) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IAE 95-2218