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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
giro_revuescope's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
Valuable for the most part but the author's credulosity towards a few fringe ideas (like the racist Olmec stone head skull shape 'theory') is very unfortunate. He would have done better with a few co-authors, since ironically for his complaints about textbooks the publishing house editors were clearly not equipped to fact check.
snrmomfirst's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
smack_books's review against another edition
5.0
All I can say is oh my God. The amount of times I realized the critiques Lowen brought up about American schooling and history textbooks were things I have seen was insane. I think that every American should read/listen to this book because it helps everyone understand where we really came from and how even in modern time, things still aren’t completely righted or are on the path to be improved. It also is eye opening to see the way the textbook industry is set up and also infuriating.
alidottie's review against another edition
3.0
This book is full of information I find interesting, but it was just too long. He went on longer than necessary on each topic.