Lies My Teacher Told Me
byJames W. Loewen
Genres: History
Who is this book for? Readers interested in history, education reform, and social justice.
Topics EurocentrismBias in educationMisrepresentation of native american historyCultural mythsRevisionist historyDistorted narrativesColonialism's influence on educationHistorical inaccuraciesImpact of education on societal beliefsCritical analysis of textbooksEducationRacismHistorical Truth
MoodReflective
Since its first publication in 1995, Lies My Teacher Told Me has become one of the most important - and successful - history books of our time. Having sold over two million copies, the book also won an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship and was heralded on the front page of the New York Times in the summer of 2006. For this new edition, Loewen has added a new introduction that shows how inadequate history courses in high school help produce adult Americans who think Donald Trump can solve their problems.
Language
en
Published on
26/07/2018
Pages
480
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781620973929
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