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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... stories about the past ; they also tell visitors what to think about the stories they tell . Many sites seek to trans ... story , challenging what our public history commemorates can make a difference in our public discourse . Indeed ...
... stories about the past ; they also tell visitors what to think about the stories they tell . Many sites seek to trans ... story , challenging what our public history commemorates can make a difference in our public discourse . Indeed ...
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... story told then ? What audience was it aimed at ? How would the story differ if we were telling it today ? or in another fifty years ? Too often our historic sites relate inaccurate and mis- leading history owing to the ideological ...
... story told then ? What audience was it aimed at ? How would the story differ if we were telling it today ? or in another fifty years ? Too often our historic sites relate inaccurate and mis- leading history owing to the ideological ...
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... story of Shaw and the 54th . A marvelous celebration marked its centennial . The Shaw Memorial succeeds because , although the attack ended in defeat and death , the 54th Massachusetts is also a story of human possibili- ty . Their story ...
... story of Shaw and the 54th . A marvelous celebration marked its centennial . The Shaw Memorial succeeds because , although the attack ended in defeat and death , the 54th Massachusetts is also a story of human possibili- ty . Their story ...
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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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