Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Lies My Teacher Told Me Lies My Teacher Told Me James W. Loewen,Rebecca Stefoff Since its first publication in 1995, Lies My Teacher Told Me has gone on to win an American Book Award, the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship, and to sell over half … OL106813W
A Companion to 20th-Century America A Companion to 20th-Century America Stephen J. Whitfield A Companion to 20th-Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography. Contains 29 original essays by leading… OL15192104W
The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle Rebecca Solnit,David Solnit Summary:"From dawn to dusk on November 30, 1999, tens of thousands of people shut down the World Trade Organization meeting, facing cops firing tear gas and rubber bullets, the National Guard, and th… OL16227646W
Zinnophobia Zinnophobia David Detmer "Zinnophobia offers an extended defense of the work of radical historian Howard Zinn, author of the bestselling A People's History of the United States, against his many critics. It includes a discus… OL19762093W
Taking Sides : Clashing Views in United States History, Volume 2 Taking Sides : Clashing Views in United States History, Volume 2 Larry Madaras,James M. SoRelle iii, 349 pages ; 28 cm OL21087617W
Red, white, and blue letter days Red, white, and blue letter days Matthew Dennis "The Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, and other celebrations matter to Americans and reflect the state of Ameri… OL4322569W
Hanging together Hanging together John Higham "This book presents three decades of writings by one of America's most distinguished historians. John Higham, renowned for his influential works on immigration, ethnicity, political symbolism, and th… OL4779673W
To America To America Stephen E. Ambrose Stephen Ambrose reflects on his long career as a historian and shares stories of some of his most admired, and a few of his least favorite, Americans from throughout history. OL478595W
Telling the truth about history Telling the truth about history Margaret D. Jacobs,Lynn Hunt,Joyce Oldham Appleby, PhD,Margaret Jacob We have lost our grip on historical truth. Popular films depict subterranean conspiracies that shape historical events and public knowledge of those events. Best-selling narrative histories dissolve … OL85897W