Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong / James W. Loewen.
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2007.
|
| Edition: | Touchstone trade paperback edition. |
| Subjects: | |
| Genre: | |
| 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 |
Contents:
- 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.