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082 _a973
100 1 _aLoewen, James W.
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aLies my teacher told me
_b: everything your American history textbook got wrong
_c/ James W. Loewen
250 _aTouchstone trade paperback edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bTouchstone
_c2007
300 _axix, 444 pages :
_billustrations
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
500 _a"Completely revised and updated"--Cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : something has gone very wrong
505 0 _aHandicapped by history : the process of hero-making
505 0 _a1493 : the true importance of Christopher Columbus
505 0 _aThe truth about the first Thanksgiving
505 0 _aRed eyes
505 0 _a"Gone with the wind" : the invisibility of racism in American history textbooks
505 0 _aJohn Brown and Abraham Lincoln : the invisibility of antiracism in American History textbooks
505 0 _aThe land of opportunity
505 0 _aWatching big brother : what textbooks teach about the federal government
505 0 _aSee no evil : choosing not to look at the war in Vietnam
505 0 _aDown the memory hole : the disappearance of the recent past
505 0 _aProgress is our most important product
505 0 _aWhy is history taught like this?
505 0 _aWhat is the result of teaching history like this?
505 0 _aAfterword : the future lies ahead-and what to do about them
651 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_vTextbooks
651 _aUnited States
_xHistoriography
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
690 _aHistory, geography & travel