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The Historian's Contribution to Anglo-American Misunderstanding
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ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|1 pages
THE FORMS OF NATIONAL BIAS
chapter 1|3 pages
The Nature of Modern Nationalistic Bias
chapter 2|10 pages
The Forms of Nationalistic Bias
part II|1 pages
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SECONDARY EDUCATION
chapter 1|2 pages
The Secondary Schools of England and Wales
chapter 2|2 pages
The Secondary Schools of the United States
chapter 3|3 pages
The Teacher in British and American Secondary Education
chapter 4|1 pages
The Teaching of History in British Secondary Schools
chapter 5|2 pages
The Teaching of History in American Secondary Schools
chapter 6|3 pages
The Purposes of English and American History Teaching
part III|1 pages
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
chapter 1|16 pages
American Junior High School Textbooks
chapter 2|14 pages
American High School Textbooks
chapter 3|13 pages
British Secondary School Textbooks
part IV|1 pages
THE WAR OF 1812
chapter 1|4 pages
American Junior High School Textbooks
chapter 2|5 pages
American High School Textbooks
chapter 3|6 pages
British Secondary School Textbooks
part V|1 pages
THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914–1918