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Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus James W. Loewen

Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus By James W. Loewen

Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus by James W. Loewen


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Some myths don't die, and lies are still being told about Christopher Columbus: that he 'discovered' the Americas, that the land was sparsely populated by native people, that those people were primitive and that they submitted to Columbus's 'God-like' authority.

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Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus: What Your History Books Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

Some myths don't die, and lies are still being told about Christopher Columbus: that he 'discovered' the Americas, that the land was sparsely populated by native people, that those people were primitive and that they submitted to Columbus's 'God-like' authority. Loewen disproves the myths about Columbus still enshrined in American textbooks with quotations from primary source material that sets the record straight. The poster and accompanying 48-page paperback book sum up the mistellings - and reveal the real story - in a graphically appealing and accessible format.

Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus Reviews

Praise for the previous edition of Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus :

A perfect antidote for the nonsense about Columbus conveyed to our children for generations.
-Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States

Absolutely indispensable for at least the next hundred years. This book is a real Discovery and a real Exploration.
-Ariel Dorfman, Walter Hines Page Chair of Literature and Latin American Studies, Duke University

Every teacher in America could benefit by reading this fine work.
-Bill Bigelow, co-editor, Rethinking Columbus

About James W. Loewen

James W. Loewen is the bestselling and award-winning author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, Lies Across America, and Sundown Towns (all available from The New Press), among many other books and articles. He won a Sydney Spivack Award from the American Sociological Association, the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship, and the Spirit of America Award from the National Council for the Social Studies, among many other honors. He is a regular contributor to the History Channel's History magazine. Loewen is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont and lives in Washington, D.C.

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CIN1595589856G
9781595589859
1595589856
Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus: What Your History Books Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
Used - Good
Paperback
The New Press
20140904
48
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