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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807237603321

Autore

Moreau Joseph <1967->

Titolo

Schoolbook nation : conflicts over American history textbooks from the Civil War to the present / / Joseph Moreau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, MI, : University of Michigan Press, 2004, c2003

ISBN

1-282-59402-8

9786612594021

0-472-02602-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Disciplina

973/.071/273

Soggetti

Textbook bias - United States - History

Textbooks - Political aspects - United States - History

United States History Textbooks

United States History Study and teaching Political aspects

United States Historiography Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-389) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. From Virtuous Republic to Nation-State -- 2. Negotiating a National Past: Statewide Textbook Adoption and the Legacy of the Civil War -- 3. Rise of the (Catholic) American Nation: United States History in Parochial Schools -- 4. Race and the Limits of Community -- 5. Anglo-Saxonism and the Revolt against the Professors -- 6. Harold Rugg vs. Horatio Alger: Social Class and Economic Opportunity, 1930-1960 -- 7. The Narrative "Unravels," 1961-1985: A Story in Three Parts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

An unbiased examination of the century-and-a-half-long culture wars fought in the pages of our country's history texts.