Loewen, James W.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2007.
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Notes:

• A Touchstone book.
• Completely revised ad updated –P. [1] of cover.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-436) and index.
• Introduction: 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 — 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.
• Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.

Subjects:

• United States — History — Textbooks.
• United States — Historiography.
• Indians of North America in textbooks.
• Thanksgiving Day in textbooks.
• Racism in textbooks.

Requested by Kurpiers, R