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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807317103321

Titolo

Learning history in America : schools, cultures, and politics / / Lloyd Kramer, Donald Reid, and William L. Barney, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1994

ISBN

0-8166-8556-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KramerLloyd S

ReidDonald

BarneyWilliam L

Disciplina

907/.2073

Soggetti

History - Study and teaching - United States

Political culture - United States

United States History Study and teaching

United States History Textbooks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Historical Knowledge, Education, and Public Culture; Part I. Textbooks, Survey Courses, and Historical Education; Part II. Rethinking Categories of Historical Meaning; Part III. Popular Films and Historical Memory; Part IV. Political Culture and Historical Interpretation; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As it extends recent discussions about multiculturalism into the sphere of contemporary historical understanding, this book sets out explicitly to explore the practical and theoretical implications of these discussions for people who learn and teach history in the United States.