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History lessons : how textbooks from around the world portray U.S. history / Dana Lindaman and Kyle Ward.

Lindaman, Dana. (Author). Ward, Kyle, 1969- (Added Author).

Summary:

A glimpse into how the world views American history is offered in a study that presents a wide range of conflicting takes on events from textbooks in which many are the only authorized source of American history in their respective countries.

Record details

ISBN: 1565848942 (hc.)
ISBN: 9781565848948 (hc.)
ISBN: 0965733912 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780965733915 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781595580825 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1595580824 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xxi, 404 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : New Press, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-382) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Viking exploration -- Columbus -- British exploration -- Puritans -- French and Indian War -- Government in colonial America -- The American revolution -- The War of 1812 -- The Monroe Doctrine -- Manifest destiny -- Texas and the Mexican-American Wars -- Slavery -- The Civil War -- Immigration -- Opening of Japan -- The Spanish-American War -- Philippine-American War -- Boxer Rebellion -- U.S. interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Causes of World War I -- The Great War -- Aftermath of the war -- Invasion of Russia -- The Treaty of Versailles -- The Great Depression -- World War II -- D-Day and the liberation of Europe -- Resistance -- World War II : Pacific theater -- The atomic bomb -- The origins of the Cold War -- The United Nations -- The Cuban revolution -- Korean War -- NATO -- McCarthyism -- Suez Canal -- The Cuban missile crisis -- The Pueblo incident -- The Vietnam War -- The end of the Cold War -- The hostage crisis in Iran -- Nicaragua in the 1980s -- Apartheid -- Free trade -- U.S.-Philippine relations -- Cuban-American relations -- The Middle East -- Nuclear weapons in North Korea -- A new world order.