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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

Author: James W Loewen
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [1996]
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st Touchstone edView all editions and formats
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Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: James W Loewen
ISBN: 0684818868 9780684818863
OCLC Number: 34767414
Notes: "A Touchstone book."
Description: 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 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?
Responsibility: James W. Loewen.
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Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.

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