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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen  Americans have lost touch with their history, and in Lies My Teacher Told Me Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying eighteen leading high school American history texts, he has concluded that not one does a decent job of making history interesting or memorable. Marred by an embarrassing combination of blind patriotism, mindless ...
 Show Details This book has 1 myArmoury member review available: Michele Hansen ::    * RECOMMENDED *This was a required book in my college Modern World class. It comes off a bit bitter in its narrative, but clearly pinpoints the flaws in American education, which were keenly felt in the '70s and '80s by those of us who hated Apartheid in South Africa, and racism in the United States AND why many of us raised our kids to embrace their cultural backgrounds. —Updated Aug 4, 2010 |
