Lies My Teacher Told Me (Record no. 3956)
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| fixed length control field | 01588nam a2200169 4500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 96020050 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780684818863 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 34767414 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | E175.85 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 973 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | James W. Loewen |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Lies My Teacher Told Me |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
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| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Americans have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book, Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying twelve 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 optimism, sheer misinformation, and outright lies, these books omit almost all the ambiguity, passion, conflict, and drama from our past. In ten powerful chapters, Loewen reveals that: <br/><br/><br/>The United States dropped three times as many tons of explosives in Vietman as it dropped in all theaters of World War II, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki <br/>Ponce de Leon went to Florida mainly to capture Native Americans as slaves for Hispaniola, not to find the mythical fountain of youth <br/>Woodrow Wilson, known as a progressive leader, was in fact a white supremacist who personally vetoed a clause on racial equality in the Covenant of the League of Nations <br/>The first colony to legalize slavery was not Virginia but Massachusetts <br/>From the truth about Columbus's historic voyages to an honest evaluation of our national leaders, Loewen revives our history, restoring to it the vitality and relevance it truly possesses. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | History - U.S. |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | 973 LOEW | 40360 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |