History on Trial
Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · April 18, 2000
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.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in debates over how schools should teach national history
- Themes
- Teaching national history, History and national identity, Political conflict over the past
- Genres
- Studying History, Historiography, History of Education
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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.
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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 and reinterpret the past to tell stories that reflect present-day values? If so, who should articulate these values? Wonderfully clear, timely in its intentions, History on Trial provides a thoughtful account of the ways in which Americans have, since the beginning of the Republic, perceived and argued about our past.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in debates over how schools should teach national history
- Readers exploring history's role in national identity
Where it sits
| Studying History | 40% |
|---|---|
| History of Education | 35% |
| Historiography | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Arts & Humanities Teaching
- Historiography
- Studying History
- Authors
- Gary Nash, Charlotte Crabtree, Ross Dunn
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- April 18, 2000
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Teaching national history · History and national identity · Political conflict over the past
- Reading lane
- Arts & Humanities Teaching