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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Moreau, Joseph
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, 2004.
Subjects:	Textbook bias > United States > History. Textbooks > Political aspects > United States > History. HISTORY > State & Local > General. SOCIAL SCIENCE > General. Historiography > Political aspects Study skills > Political aspects Textbook bias Textbooks > Political aspects United States > History > Textbooks. United States > History > Study and teaching > Political aspects. United States > Historiography > Political aspects. United States History Textbooks Textbooks.
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Table of 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.