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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 : Simon & Schuster, 2007.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 15-529 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- xix, 444 pages : illustrations, maps; 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
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Textbooks.
- Note
- "A Touchstone book."
- "Completely revised and updated"--Cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references 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 -- 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
- Sc E 15-529
- ISBN
- 9780743296281
- 0743296281
- 0684818868 (canceled/invalid)
- 9780684818863 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2008273054
- OCLC
- 173685165
- Author
- Loewen, James W.
- Title
- Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / James W. Loewen.
- Imprint
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2007.
- Edition
- Touchstone trade pbk. ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 15-529