TY  - BOOK
AU  - Loewen,James W.
TI  - Lies my teacher told me: everything your American history textbook got wrong 
SN  - 156584100X
AV  - 002 E 175.85 L827l 1995
U1  - 973 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - New York
PB  - New Press, Distributed by Norton
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Historia
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Historiografía
N1  - Booknotes episode and transcript Program air date: March 26, 1995; Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-364) and index; Introduction: Something Has Gone Very Wrong
1493: The True Handicapped by History: The Process of Hero-making
1493: The True Importance of Christopher Columbus
The 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
The 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
N2  - Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history
ER  -