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The first U.S. history textbooks : constructing and disseminating the American tale in the nineteenth century / Barry Joyce.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joyce, Barry Alan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historiography--United States--History--19th century.
- Historiography.
- Textbooks--United States--History--19th century.
- Textbooks.
- United States--History--Textbooks--Evaluation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (357 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham [Maryland] : Lexington Books, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book offers a fresh, multidisciplinary analysis of American history textbooks published in the first half of the nineteenth century, focusing on the emergence of an American "origins" narrative prevalent in these works as well as the methods employed to convey this tale to readers. The themes addressed in this work are timely in light of current controversies over American history curriculum, the role of textbooks, and the idea of a common American narrative.
- Contents:
- A people's story
- The text is the teacher
- Mnemonics, methods, and memory: organizing and encoding the American story
- An American character
- Genesis: emergence and migrations
- Apologetics: why we are who we are
- Slaying the monster
- The narrative divides
- The narrative re-joined
- Conclusion: who will write this story?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-0216-4
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