Lies my teacher told me
everything your American history textbook got wrong
2nd ed. completely rev. and updated
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Author
Publication
2007 - Simon & Schuster, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
111,000 words, Guess
Page Count
444 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveliesmyteacherto000loew
- Internet Archiveliesmyteachertol0000loew_s2r1
- ISBN-139780743296281
- ISBN-100743296281
- LibraryThing8445
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- Goodreads414048
- Library of Congress Control Number2008273054
- OCLC Control Number173685165
- Better World Books9780743296281
- Open LibraryOL17243223M
Classifications
- LCCE175.85 .L64 2007
- LCCE175.85.L64 2007
Description
Since its first publication in 1995, Lies My Teacher Told Me has gone on to win an American Book Award, the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship, and to sell over half a million copies in its various editions. What started out as a survey of the twelve leading American history textbooks has ended up being what the San Francisco Chronicle calls "an extremely convincing plea for truth in education." In Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen brings history alive in all its complexity and ambiguity. Beginning with pre-Columbian history and ranging over characters and events as diverse as Reconstruction, Helen Keller, the first Thanksgiving, and the Mai Lai massacre, Loewen offers an eye-opening critique of existing textbooks, and a wonderful retelling of American history as it should -- and could -- be taught to American students. - Publisher.
Description
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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