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History lessons :

0965733912

1565848942

1595580824

9780965733915

9781565848948

9781595580825

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History lessons :

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how textbooks from around the world portray U.S. history /

Dana Lindaman and Kyle Ward.

xxi, 404 pages ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-382) and index.

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.

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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.

Textbooks-- Foreign countries-- Evaluation.

United States, Foreign public opinion.

United States, History, Study and teaching, Foreign countries.

United States, History, Textbooks, Evaluation.

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Lindaman, Dana.

Ward, Kyle Roy,1969-

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