Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / James W. Loewen.

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Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loewen, James W.
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2007.
Edition:Touchstone trade paperback edition.
Subjects:
United States > History > Textbooks.
United States > Historiography.
Geschiedschrijving.
Beeldvorming.
Geschiedvervalsing.
Genre:
Textbooks.
Local Note:
In recognition of MSU Libraries Student Employee, Trevor Brust, Class of 2016.
Physical Description:xix, 444 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction: Something has gone very wrong --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 -- See no evil: choosing not to look at the War in Vietnam -- 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? -- Afterword: The future lies ahead--and what to do about them. 
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