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//-->----.NationalBestsellerLIES MYTEACHERTOLD MEEv e rythingYou rAmericanHis t o ryTextbookGotWrong"Every) teacher, every student of history, everycitizen should read this book. It is both arefreshing antidote to what has passed for historyin our educational system and a one-volumeeducation in itself."-Howard Zinn,author ofA PeopJe's H1story of the Un1ted StatesJAMESw.LOEWENMY TEACHERTOLD MEEverything Your American History Textbook Got WrongJames W. LoewenA TOUCHSTONE BOOKPublished by Simon&SchusterTOUCHSTONERockefeller Center1230 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, NY 10020Copyright© 1995 by JamesW.LoewenAll rights reserved,including the right of reproductionin whole or in part in any form.First Touchstone Edition 1996Published by arrangement with The New PressToucHSTONE and colophon are registered trademarksof Simon&Schuster Inc.Designed by Bonnie Leon-BermanManufactured in the United States of America20711'Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataLoewen, JamesW.Lies my teacher told me : everything your American historytextbook got wrongIJamesW.Loewen.p.em.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. United States-History-Textbooks. 2. United States-Historiography. 3. Indians of North America in textbooks.4. Thanksgiving Day in textbooks.I.Title.E175.85L64 1996973-dc2096-20050CIPISBN 0-684-81886-8ILLUSTRATION AND TEXT CREDITS23, Smithsonian Institution; 51, Lee Boltin; 55, 64, Library of Congress; 65, New York PublicLibrary; llO, Library of Congress; ll4, Smithsonian Institution; ll7, Library of Congress; 121,D.W.Meinig/Yale University Press; 122, Library of Congress; 131, Division of Parks, Recreation,and Historic Sites, Georgia Department of Natural Resources; 135, Amway Environmental Foun-dation; 167, Scott Nearing; 184, Collection of architectural toys and games, Canadian Centre forArchitec~re/CentreCanadien d'Architecture, Montreal, acquired with the support of Bell Quebec;199, Mississippi Department of Archives and History; 202, Andrea Ades Vasquez, American SocialHistory Project; 206, Miller Brewing Co.; 214 ("That's What I Learned in School," by TomPaxton),© 1962, 1990 Cherry Lane Music Pub!. Co., all rights reserved, used by permission; 218,Paul Conklin; 242, 243, 244, AP!Wide World Photos; 245 (left), RonaldL.Haeberle/Lift'maga-zine© Time Warner; 245 (right), UPI/Bettmann; 246, Fred Ward/Black Star; 257, Boy Scouts ofAmerica.Dedicated to all American history teacherswho teach against their textbooksContentsAcknowledgments9Introduction: Something Has Gone Very Wrong1118Handicapped by History: The Process of Hero-making23451493:The True Importance of Christopher ColumbusThe Truth about the First ThanksgivingRed Eyes983775"Gone with the Wind": The Invisibility of Racismin American History Textbooks1376John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: The Invisibility of Antiracismin American History Textbooks1717The Land of Opportunity2008Watching Big Brother:What Textbooks Teach about the Federal Government9Down the Memory Hole:The Disappearance of the Recent Past2382141Progress Is Our Most Important Product25411Why Is History Taught Like This?27129812What Is the Result of Teaching History Like This?about Them312Afterword: The Future Lies Ahead-and What to DoNotes319Appendix376Index377
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