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The Historian's Contribution to Anglo-American Misunderstanding

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The Historian's Contribution to Anglo-American Misunderstanding

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Report of a Committee on National Bias in Anglo-American History Text Books

The Historian's Contribution to Anglo-American Misunderstanding

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The Historian's Contribution to Anglo-American Misunderstanding book

Report of a Committee on National Bias in Anglo-American History Text Books
Edited ByRay Allen Billington
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1966
eBook Published 18 April 2016
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315638683
Pages 136
eBook ISBN 9781315638683
Subjects Humanities
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Billington, R.A. (Ed.). (1966). The Historian's Contribution to Anglo-American Misunderstanding: Report of a Committee on National Bias in Anglo-American History Text Books (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315638683

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

chapter 1|2 pages

American Junior High School Textbooks

chapter 2|3 pages

American High School Textbooks

chapter 3|5 pages

British Secondary School Textbooks

chapter 1|9 pages

Summary of Findings

chapter 2|12 pages

Suggestions to Textbook Writers and Publishers

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