The Resource Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong, James W. Loewen
Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong, James W. Loewen
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The item Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong, James W. Loewen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 444 pages
- Note
-
- "Completely revised and updated"--Jacket
- "A trade paperback of this edition was published by Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, 2007"--T.p. verso
- Contents
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- Introduction to the second edition
- Introduction: Something has gone very wrong
- Handicapped by history: the process of hero-making
- 1493: the true importance of Christopher Columbus
- The 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
- The 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
- Isbn
- 9781595583260
- Label
- Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong
- Title
- Lies my teacher told me
- Title remainder
- everything your American history textbook got wrong
- Statement of responsibility
- James W. Loewen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history
- Cataloging source
- IZ8
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Loewen, James W
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Indians of North America in textbooks
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks
- Racism in textbooks
- United States
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong, James W. Loewen
- Note
-
- "Completely revised and updated"--Jacket
- "A trade paperback of this edition was published by Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, 2007"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-436) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction to the second edition -- Introduction: Something has gone very wrong -- Handicapped by history: the process of hero-making -- 1493: the true importance of Christopher Columbus -- The 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 -- The 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 444 pages
- Isbn
- 9781595583260
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn213386418
- (Sirsi) o213386418
- (OCoLC)213386418
- Label
- Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong, James W. Loewen
- Note
-
- "Completely revised and updated"--Jacket
- "A trade paperback of this edition was published by Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, 2007"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-436) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction to the second edition -- Introduction: Something has gone very wrong -- Handicapped by history: the process of hero-making -- 1493: the true importance of Christopher Columbus -- The 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 -- The 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 444 pages
- Isbn
- 9781595583260
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn213386418
- (Sirsi) o213386418
- (OCoLC)213386418
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