Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong /
James W. Loewen.
- Touchstone trade pbk. ed.
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2007
- xix, 444 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Originally published: New York : New Press,1995. "A Touchstone book." "Completely revised and updated"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-434) and index.
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
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.
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