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9780679767503

History on Trial Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past

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  • ISBN13:

    9780679767503

  • ISBN10:

    0679767509

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-18
  • Publisher: Vintage

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Summary

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION "A deeply informed, balanced, and compelling book." --Los Angeles Times InHistory on Trial, authors Gary B. Nash, Charlotte Crabtree, and Ross E. Dunn examine the controversy and criticism over how our nation's history should be taught, culminating in the debate about National History Standards. The book chronicles a media war spearheaded by conservatives from National Endowment for the Humanities veteran Lynne Cheney to Rush Limbaugh, posing questions with regard to history as it relates to national identity. What, the authors ask, is our objective in teaching history to children? Is the role of schools, textbooks, and museums to instill patriotism? Do we revise and reinterpret the past to tell stories that reflect present-day values? If so, who should articulate these values? Wonderfully clear, timely in its intentions,History on Trialprovides a thoughtful account of the ways in which Americans have, since the beginning of the Republic, perceived and argued about our past.

Author Biography

Gary B. Nash teaches American history at UCLA. Charlotte Crabtree taught curriculum studies at UCLA for over 30 years. Ross E. Dunn is Professor of History ar San Diego State University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Vintage Edition xiii
Preface to the Original Edition xxi
Acknowledgments xxv
Abbreviations xxvii
In the Matter of History
3(22)
Hallowed History, New History
25(28)
Postwar Paradoxes
53(22)
Years of Ferment
75(23)
History, Culture, and Politics
98(30)
History Wars Abroad
128(21)
Setting National History Standards
149(39)
The Right-Wing Assault
188(35)
Inside the Beltway
223(36)
Lessons from the History War
259(20)
Notes 279(30)
Index 309

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