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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, 2008.
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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 | IAF 09-9365 | Schwarzman Building M2 - Milstein Division Room 121 |
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- Description
- xix, 444 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Completely revised and updated"--P. [1] of cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-436) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Something has gone very wrong -- Handicapped by history : the process of hero-making -- 1493 : the true importance of Christopher Columbus -- 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.
- Call Number
- IAF 09-9365
- ISBN
- 9781595583260
- 1595583262
- OCLC
- 213386418
- 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, 2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-436) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IAF 09-9365