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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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Description
xxxiv, 376 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Indians of North America in textbooks
  • Thanksgiving Day in textbooks
  • Historiography
  • United States > History > Textbooks
  • United States > Historiography
  • United States
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
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