Lies my teacher told me: everything your American history textbook got wrong
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Published:
New York : The New Press, [2018].
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Book
Physical Desc:
xxix, 446 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Description
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history. --
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781620973929, 1620973928, 9781620974674, 1620974673
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General Note
"First edition 1995, second edition 2007; this new paperback is not a third edition. The only new words in it are in this preface"--Preface.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history. --,(source of summary not specified)
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APA Citation (style guide)
Loewen, J. W. (2018). Lies my teacher told me: everything your American history textbook got wrong. New York, The New Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Loewen, James W.. 2018. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. New York, The New Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Loewen, James W., Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. New York, The New Press, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Loewen, James W.. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. New York, The New Press, 2018.
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Introduction: Something has gone very wrong --|t Handicapped by history : the process of hero-making --|t 1493 : the true importance of Christopher Columbus --|t Truth about the first Thanksgiving --|t Red eyes --|t "Gone with the wind" : the invisibility of racism in American history textbooks --|t John Brown and Abraham Lincoln : the invisibility of antiracism in American history textbooks --|t Land of opportunity --|t Watching Big Brother : what textbooks teach about the federal government --|t See no evil : choosing not to look at the War in Vietnam --|t Down the memory hole : the disappearance of the recent past --|t Progress is our most important product --|t Why is history taught like this? --|t What is the result of teaching history like this? --|t Afterword: The future lies ahead--and what to do about them. |
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