Lies my teacher told me everything your American history textbook got wrong

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ISBN: 9781595586537 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1595586539 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xix, 444 p.) : ill., maps.
Edition: Touchstone trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: New York : The New Press, 2007.

General Note:	"Completely revised and updated"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-436) and index.
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
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.