Loewen, James W.
Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / James W. Loewen. - 1st Touchstone ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 1996. - 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - "A Touchstone book." .
Originally published: New York : New Press : Distributed by Norton, c1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-375) and index.
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 --
Land of opportunity --
Watching big brother: what textbooks teach about the federal government --
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?
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.
0684818868
9780684818863
96020050
Indians of North America in textbooks.
Thanksgiving Day in textbooks.
United States--History--Textbooks.
United States--Historiography.
E175.85 / .L64 1996
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Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / James W. Loewen. - 1st Touchstone ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 1996. - 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - "A Touchstone book." .
Originally published: New York : New Press : Distributed by Norton, c1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-375) and index.
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 --
Land of opportunity --
Watching big brother: what textbooks teach about the federal government --
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?
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.
0684818868
9780684818863
96020050
Indians of North America in textbooks.
Thanksgiving Day in textbooks.
United States--History--Textbooks.
United States--Historiography.
E175.85 / .L64 1996
973 Loe 15