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What do history texts really teach us?

Title
What do history texts really teach us? [Sound recording]
Author
FitzGerald, Frances, 1940-

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AudioUse in library CASSETTE 1000 Sept.-Dec. 1979Off-site

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Burke, Joan Martin.
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Multi-title collection including We will not yield to international terrorism and 32 other(s). 99124961393506421
Description
1 cassette (20 min.); 2 1/2 x 4 in.
Summary
In an interview with CBS News, author Frances Fitzgerald discusses her study of American history textbooks. These books, she says, reflect what Americans what to teach their children rather than what actually happened. She feels that we teach children history as a way of teaching them how to behave.
Series Statement
Vital history cassettes, Oct. '79, no. 3
Uniform Title
Vital history cassettes ; Oct. 79, no. 3.
Subject
  • History > Textbooks
  • Education > Social aspects > United States
Genre/Form
Textbooks.
Note
  • Distributed by Grolier Educational Corp., Danbury, Conn.
OCLC
  • ocm43789785
  • SCSB-1081287
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library