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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... sundown towns . " Those signs are long gone , but one remnant remains the city limits sign with " Alba , Texas , " on it at the edge of a small town in east Texas . I According to George R. Stewart's classic American Place - 182 - JAMES ...
... sundown towns . " Those signs are long gone , but one remnant remains the city limits sign with " Alba , Texas , " on it at the edge of a small town in east Texas . I According to George R. Stewart's classic American Place - 182 - JAMES ...
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... sundown towns . Among others , Cumby had 571 whites , Grand Saline 2,510 whites , and Vidor 10,844 whites - and not one African American in all three according to the 1990 census . Vidor , a suburb of Beaumont , earned national ...
... sundown towns . Among others , Cumby had 571 whites , Grand Saline 2,510 whites , and Vidor 10,844 whites - and not one African American in all three according to the 1990 census . Vidor , a suburb of Beaumont , earned national ...
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... towns , it might curtail all federal spending in such jurisdictions . After all , every dime spent in a sundown town is by definition not available to African Americans . And to make enforcement easier , perhaps it is time to put signs ...
... towns , it might curtail all federal spending in such jurisdictions . After all , every dime spent in a sundown town is by definition not available to African Americans . And to make enforcement easier , perhaps it is time to put signs ...
Contenido
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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