Lies My Teacher Told Me about Christopher Columbus: What Your History Books Got Wrong
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Book Overview
Some myths don't die, and lies are still being told about Christopher Columbus: that he "discovered" the Americas (not only was the land familiar to native inhabitants, but it had also been visited before by Europeans), that the land was sparsely populated by native people (there were fourteen million inhabitants in 1492), that those people were primitive (Europeans learned a lot and gained technology and agricultural skill from Native Americans), and that they submitted to Columbus's "God-like" authority (they submitted to the deadly smallpox and bubonic plague that Columbus's crew imported from Europe). Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus disproves the myths about Columbus still enshrined in American textbooks with quotations from primary source material that sets the record straight. The poster and accompanying 48-page paperback book sum up the mistellings--and reveal the real story--in a graphically appealing and accessible format that shows the degree to which textbooks have "lied" by knowingly substituting crowd-pleasing myths for grim and gruesome historical evidence.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1595589856
ISBN13:9781595589859
Release Date:August 2014
Publisher:New Press
Length:48 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 8.4" x 10.9"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
the real history book.
Published by arnold , 3 months ago
Americans have lost touch with their history and in this thought-provoking book. Professor James Loewen shows why.
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The first colony to legalize slavery was not Virginia but Massachusetts.
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I really enjoyed reading about the real history of America, not an edited version from the history book I had in school.
It is a fascinating book with facts that the author researched. He said out of 12 history books only one was correct.
Learning true history. Real history.
Published by Very interesting book , 10 months ago
Great book. Very knowledgeable. Finally nice to read the real history.
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