History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History

Lindaman, Dana,Ward, Kyle

ISBN 10: 1565848942 / ISBN 13: 9781565848948

Published by The New Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History
• Publisher: The New Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565848942
• ISBN 13: 9781565848948
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A glimpse into how the world views American history is offered in a study that presents a wide range of conflicting takes on events from textbooks in which many are the only authorized source of American history in their respective countries.

About the Author

Kyle Ward is assistant professor of history and political science at Vincennes University in Indiana. He is the author of In the Shadow of Glory. Dana Lindaman is a Ph.D. candidate in Romance Philology at Harvard University, where he is focusing on the formation of French identity in secondary-school textbooks.