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Lies my teacher told me : a graphic adaptation / James W. Loewen and Nate Powell.
Van Pelt Library E175.85 .L642 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loewen, James W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Textbooks--Juvenile literature.
- United States.
- United States--Historiography--Juvenile literature.
- Indians of North America in textbooks--Juvenile literature.
- Indians of North America in textbooks.
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks--Juvenile literature.
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks.
- Racism in textbooks--Juvenile literature.
- Racism in textbooks.
- United States--History--Textbooks--Comic books, strips, etc.
- United States--Historiography--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Indians of North America in textbooks--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Thanksgiving Day in textbooks--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Racism in textbooks--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Historiography.
- Genre:
- Comics (Graphic works)
- History
- Juvenile works
- Textbooks
- Graphic novels.
- Nonfiction comics.
- Educational comics.
- Physical Description:
- 264 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The New Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "A graphic adaptation of the bestselling book about what most American history textbooks get wrong"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Something has gone very wrong
- Handicapped by history: The process of hero making
- 1493: The true importance of Christopher Columbus
- 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
- The 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
- History and the future
- Does this way of teaching history work?
- Notes:
- "Adapted and illustrated by Nate Powell"--front cover.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781620977033
- 1620977036
- OCLC:
- 1376499816
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