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01972cam a2200325Ia 4500 |
| CONTROL NUMBER |
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00010456 |
| CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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200907291632 |
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080314s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng d |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781595583260 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1595583262 |
| SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)213386418 |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Loewen, James W. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Lies my teacher told me : |
| Remainder of title |
everything your American history textbook got wrong / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
James W. Loewen. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
[2nd ed.] |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
New Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2008. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xix, 444 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"Completely revised and updated"--P. [1] of cover. |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-436) and index. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
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. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Indians of North America in textbooks. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Thanksgiving Day in textbooks. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Racism in textbooks. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
International Baccalaureate |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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| d |
973 LOE |
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310 |
