History on Trial Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past

Name: History on Trial Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past
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ISBN: 9780679767503

ISBN-10: 0679767509

ISBN-13: 9780679767503

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Authors: Gary Nash, Charlotte Crabtree, Ross Dunn, Gary B. Nash

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WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION "A deeply informed, balanced, and compelling book." --Los Angeles Times In History on Trial, authors Gary B. Nash, Charlotte Crabtree, and Ross E. Dunn examine the controversy and criticism over how our nation's history should be taught, culminating in the debate about National History Standards. The book chronicles a media war spearheaded by conservatives from National Endowment for the Humanities veteran Lynne Cheney to Rush Limbaugh, posing questions with regard to history as it relates to national identity. What, the authors ask, is our objective in teaching history to children? Is the role of schools, textbooks, and museums to instill patriotism? Do we revise…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/18/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Ross Dunn is Professor of History at San Diego State University, where he teaches African, Islamic, and world history. He is also Director of World History Projects at the National Center for History in the Schools. In 1982 he was elected the first president of the World History Association. Ross Dunn has co-authored many books on teaching world history including History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past (1997) and The New World History: A Teachers Companion (2000). He is currently working on a text for world history with Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman entitled, The Spinning Planet (2003).