The Historian's Contribution to Anglo-American Misunderstanding

Report of a Committee on National Bias in Anglo-American History Text Books

Buch | Hardcover

136 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-19476-2 (ISBN)

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This book examines text books used in English and American schools and determines the way in which national bias has been instilled into school children by the use of history books. This study reveals that the deliberate distortion common a generation ago has disappeared, but has been displaced by a more subtle form of bias that is more dangerous because it is less easily recognised. It deals in particular with the treatment of the American War of Indepdendence, the War of 1812 and World War I. The report contains positive suggestions to authors and publishers designed to eliminate all bias and to help them achieve historical objectivity.

Ray Allen Billington

Part 1: The Forms of National Bias 1. The Nature of Modern Nationalistic Bias 2. The Forms of Nationalistic Bias Part 2: English and American Secondary Education 1. The Secondary Schools of England and Wales 2. The Secondary Schools of the United States 3. The Teacher in British and American Secondary Education 4. The Teaching of History in British Secondary Schools 5. The Teaching of History in American Secondary Schools 6. The Purposes of English and American History Teaching Part 3: The American Revolution 1. American Junior High School Textbooks 2. American High School Textbooks 3. British Secondary School Textbooks Part 4: The War of 1812 1. American Junior High School Textbooks 2. American High School Textbooks 3. British Secondary School Textbooks Part 5. The First World War 1914-1918 1. 1812 1. American Junior High School Textbooks 2. American High School Textbooks 3. British Secondary School Textbooks Part 6: Findings and Recommendations 1. Summary of Findings 2. Suggestions to Textbook Writers and Publishers

Erscheinungsdatum	28.06.2016
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Historiography
Zusatzinfo	8 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-138-19476-X / 113819476X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-19476-2 / 9781138194762
Zustand	Neuware