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Author:

Moreau, Joseph, 1967-

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Michigan Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

ix, 403 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Textbook bias--United States--History.
Textbooks--History.--United States--History.
United States--History.--Textbooks.
United States--Political aspects.--Study and teaching--Political aspects.
United States--Political aspects.--Political aspects.

Notes:

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

Contents:

From virtuous republic to nation-state -- Negotiating a national past: statewide textbook adoption and the legacy of the Civil War -- Rise of the (Catholic) American nation: United States history in parochial schools -- Race and the limits of community -- Anglo-Saxonism and the revolt against the professors -- Harold Rugg vs. Horatio Alger: social class and economic opportunity, 1930-1960 -- The narrative "unravels," 1961-1985: a story in three parts.

ISBN:

9780472113422 (acid-free paper)
0472113429 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51984892

LCCN:

2003007212

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)