Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index
History repeats itself: reform cycles and the social studies curriculum -- Mapping an alternative history: shifting historical paradigms, 1960-1990 -- A conservative restoration, 1981-present -- Genesis of the national center for history in the schools and the national history of standards project, 1987-1992 -- Forging unity: the national history standards project, 1992-1994 -- The consensus unravels: the national history standards in the culture wars, 1994-1996 -- Conclusion: utopia postponed