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Lies My Teacher Told Me : Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen (2007, Trade Paperback, Revised edition)

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Winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist ScholarshipAmericans have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book, Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying twelve leading high school American history texts, he has concluded thatnot onedoes a decent job of making history interesting or memorable. Marred by an embarrassing combination of blind patriotism, mindless optimism, sheer misinformation, and outright lies, these books omit almost all the ambiguity, passion, conflict, and drama from our past. In ten powerful chapters, Loewen reveals that: The United States dropped three times as many tons of explosives in Vietman as it dropped in all theaters of World War II, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki Ponce de Leon went to Florida mainly to capture Native Americans as slaves for Hispaniola, not to find the mythical fountain of youth Woodrow Wilson, known as a progressive leader, was in fact a white supremacist who personally vetoed a clause on racial equality in the Covenant of the League of Nations The first colony to legalize slavery was not Virginia but Massachusetts From the truth about Columbus's historic voyages to an honest evaluation of our national leaders, Loewen revives our history, restoring to it the vitality and relevance it truly possesses.

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Publisher
Touchstone
ISBN-10
0743296281
ISBN-13
9780743296281
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59620058

Product Key Features

Book Title
Lies My Teacher Told Me : Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Author
James w. LÖWEN
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Social History, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, History, United States / General
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Education, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
464 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
E175.85.L64 2007
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
Jon WienerThe Nation"One of the virtues of Loewen's book is that in addition to highlighting some subjects the textbooks neglect, he also examines the topics they emphasize.", Sandy LydonSan Jose Mercury News"Every history teacher in the land (including Professor Gingrich) needs to read this book.", "Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself." -- Howard Zinn, author ofA People's History of the United States, Publishers Weekly"Readers interested in history, whether liberal or conservative, professional or layperson, will find food for thought here.", "Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself." -- Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, "Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself."-- Howard Zinn, author ofA People's History of the United States
Table of Content
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Something Has Gone Very Wrong 1 Handicapped by History: The Process of Hero-making 2 1493: The True Importance of Christopher Columbus 5 The Truth about the First Thanksgiving 4 Red Eyes 5 "Gone with the Wind": The Invisibility of Racism in American History Textbooks 6 John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: The Invisibility of Antiracism in American History Textbooks 7 The Land of Opportunity 8 Watching Big Brother: What Textbooks Teach about the Federal Government 9 Down the Memory Hole: The Disappearance of the Recent Past 10 Progress Is Our Most Important Product 11 Why Is History Taught Like This? 12 What Is the Result of Teaching History Like This? Afterword: The Future Lies Ahead -- and What to Do about Them Notes Appendix Index
Copyright Date
2007
Lccn
2008-273054
Dewey Decimal
973
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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by zepstillrocJun 16, 2018
Lies My Teacher Told Me
This book is an excellent introduction to the concept that history can be distorted based on who's telling it; well-documented examples of common history text mistakes or in some cases outright lies.
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by cina66442Sep 25, 2018
Truth. Lies My Teacher Taught Me.
Well researched. Realistic. Truthful, not sugar coated history. A GREAT book
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by flatcat47Dec 18, 2018
History unglossed.
Especially if you did not get college-level history, as I did not, this is REVELATORY. Starts with explaining why people want to swap Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples' Day. Escalates from there.
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