Schoolbook nation : conflicts over American history textbooks from the Civil War to the present / Joseph Moreau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moreau, Joseph, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textbook bias--United States--History.

Textbook bias.

Textbooks--Political aspects--United States--History.

Textbooks.

United States--History--Textbooks.

United States.

United States--History--Study and teaching--Political aspects.

United States--Historiography--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Conflicts over American history textbooks from the Civil War to the present

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan Press, 2004, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An unbiased examination of the century-and-a-half-long culture wars fought in the pages of our country's history texts.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

1. From Virtuous Republic to Nation-State

2. Negotiating a National Past: Statewide Textbook Adoption and the Legacy of the Civil War

3. Rise of the (Catholic) American Nation: United States History in Parochial Schools

4. Race and the Limits of Community

5. Anglo-Saxonism and the Revolt against the Professors

6. Harold Rugg vs. Horatio Alger: Social Class and Economic Opportunity, 1930-1960

7. The Narrative "Unravels," 1961-1985: A Story in Three Parts

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-389) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-59402-8

9786612594021

0-472-02602-X

OCLC:

608375075