Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong
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Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong
New Press , W. W. Norton & Company [distributor], 2008
[Rev. and updated ed]
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"Completely revised and updated"--Book jacket
Originally published: New York : New Press, 1995
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-436) and index
Summary: Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history
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Description
A fascinating examination of American history textbooks used in high schools across the USA. James Loewen exposes the real truths behind everything from the first Thanksgiving to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction to the Second Edition xi
Introduction: Something Has Gone Very Wrong 1
1 Handicapped by History: The Process of Hero- making 11
2 1493: The True Importance of Christopher Columbus 31
3 The Truth About the First Thanksgiving 70
4 Red Eyes 93
5 "Gone With the Wind": The Invisibility of Racism in
American History Textbooks 135
6 John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: The Invisibility of Antiracism
in American History Textbooks 172
7 The Land of Opportunity 204
8 Watching Big Brother: What Textbooks Teach About
the Federal Government 219
9 See No Evil: Choosing Not to Look at the War in Vietnam 244
10 Down the Memory Hole: The Disappearance of the
Recent Past 259
11 Progress Is Our Most Important Product 280
12 Why Is History Taught Like This? 301
13 What Is the Result of Teaching History Like This? 340
Afterword: The Future Lies Ahead and What to Do
About Them 355
Notes 363
Appendix 435
Index 437
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