Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
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New York : New Press : Distributed by Norton, ©1995., New York : New Press, [1995].
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x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Published
New York : New Press : Distributed by Norton, ©1995., New York : New Press, [1995].
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Book
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-364) and index.
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An entertaining, informative, and sometimes shocking expose of the way history is taught to American students
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Something has gone very wrong -- Handicapped by history: the process of hero-making -- 1493: the true importance of Christopher Columbus -- 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 -- Land of opportunity -- Watching big brother: what textbooks teach about the federal government -- 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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Loewen, J. W. (1995). Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong . New Press : Distributed by Norton.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Loewen, James W. 1995. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. New Press : Distributed by Norton.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong New Press : Distributed by Norton, 1995.

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Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong New Press : Distributed by Norton, 1995.

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