These are some of the most insightful history books to add to your reading list. "Hands up all who know when Tsarist Russia ...

Independence Day is about U.S. history. Specifically, when this land became the United States, which is a great story. Truth is usually stranger, and more interesting, than fiction, and in the 249 ...

Whitman would have been pleased to see the new American history textbook called The American Yawp-- and not just for its allusive title. As a sometime school teacher and educational reformer, he ...

There, I reviewed American history textbooks from the 1950s and 1960s. Their racism in depicting African-Americans, Chinese immigrants and Mexican-Americans was overt, ...

A new Advanced Placement honors American history textbook has not been distributed to students yet but it’s already stirring controversy for being anti-Trump and suggesting his supporters are ...

The Right-Wing Textbooks Shaping What Many Americans Know About History. ... The history content of Abeka textbooks was—and remains—dramatically distinct from mainstream books.

4. Michael Paul Rogin, Fathers and Children: Andrew Jackson and the Subjugation of the American Indian. (1988) When I grew up, kids played cowboys and Indians, and westerns dominated the movies ...

The book also includes a map, referring to enslaved Africans in 1775 as "immigrants." On the map, immigrant groups like the Dutch, Scottish and German are listed.

Mexican-American history textbook already being sold, despite controversy Company's CEO says tome isn't meant to malign Hispanic history By Olivia P. Tallet , Reporter, Houston Chronicle Updated ...