Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get WrongSimon & Schuster, 2000 - 480 páginas "In Lies Across America," James W. Loewen continues his mission, begun in the award-winning "Lies My Teacher Told Me," of overturning the myths and misinformation that too often pass for American history. "Lies Across America" is a one-of-a-kind examination of sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses, forts, and ships. With one hundred entries, drawn from every state, Loewen reveals that: The USS Intrepid, the "feel-good" war museum, celebrates its glorious service in World War II but nowhere mentions the three tours it served in Vietnam. The Jefferson Memorial misquotes from the Declaration of Independence and skews Thomas Jefferson's writings to present this conflicted slaveowner as an outright abolitionist. Abraham Lincoln had been dead for thirty years when his birthplace cabin was built! "Lies Across America" is a reality check for anyone who has ever sought to learn about America through our public sites and markers. Entertaining and enlightening, it is destined to change the way we see our country. |
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... past , yet have never drawn the attention of the historical profession . These barely known but important sites bring up the critical distinction between what happened in the past versus what we say about it . The for- mer is " the past ...
... past , yet have never drawn the attention of the historical profession . These barely known but important sites bring up the critical distinction between what happened in the past versus what we say about it . The for- mer is " the past ...
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... past or tells it from only one viewpoint , then whatever moral imperative it suggests must be suspect . If we cannot face our history honestly , we cannot learn from the past . 7 Americans agree with this proposition when applied to ...
... past or tells it from only one viewpoint , then whatever moral imperative it suggests must be suspect . If we cannot face our history honestly , we cannot learn from the past . 7 Americans agree with this proposition when applied to ...
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... past in isolation from the others . The past , however , happened only once . In many states whites end up memorializing racists while blacks memori- alize antiracists . The most famous examples stand in Virginia , where Arthur Ashe ...
... past in isolation from the others . The past , however , happened only once . In many states whites end up memorializing racists while blacks memori- alize antiracists . The most famous examples stand in Virginia , where Arthur Ashe ...
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In What Ways Were We Warped? | 15 |
Some Functions of Public History | 23 |
THE FAR WEST | 51 |
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Lies Across America: What American Historic Sites Get Wrong James W. Loewen Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
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