TY  - BOOK
AU  - Loewen,James W.
TI  - Lies my teacher told me: : everything your American history textbook got wrong
SN  - 9780743296281
U1  - 973 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Touchstone
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Historiography
N1  - "Completely revised and updated"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -