Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
By James W. Loewen
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This national best-seller and American Book Award winner is an entertaining, informative, and sometimes shocking expose of the way history is taught to American students. James W. Loewen, a distinguished critic of history education, puts 12 popular textbooks under the microscope. What he finds is a proliferation of blind patriotism, mindless optimism, misinformation, and flat-out lies filling the pages.
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Summary
This national best-seller and American Book Award winner is an entertaining, informative, and sometimes shocking expose of the way history is taught to American students. James W. Loewen, a distinguished critic of history education, puts 12 popular textbooks under the microscope. What he finds is a proliferation of blind patriotism, mindless optimism, misinformation, and flat-out lies filling the pages.Author
Author Bio: James Loewen
James W. Loewen is the bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me and Lies across America. He is a regular contributor to the History Channel’s History magazine and is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont. He resides in Washington, DC.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Runtime: | 14.45 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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