Lies My Teacher Told Me James W. Loewen

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Lies My Teacher Told Me Zusammenfassung

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Text Book Got Wrong James W. Loewen

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.

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Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself.
-Howard Zinn

Über James W. Loewen

James W. Loewen is the bestselling author of Lies Across America and Sundown Towns (The New Press), among many other books and articles. He is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont and lives in Washington, D.C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR006703538

ISBN 13

9781595583260

ISBN 10

1595583262

Titel

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Text Book Got Wrong James W. Loewen

Autor

James W. Loewen

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Bindung

Gebundene Ausgabe

Verlag

The New Press

Datum

20080731

Anzahl der Seiten

464

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