The first U.S. history textbooks : constructing and disseminating the American tale in the nineteenth century /

This book analyzes the common narrative residing in American History textbooks published in the first half of the 19th century. That story, what the author identifies as the American "creation" or "origins" narrative, is simultaneously examined as both historic and "mythic&q...

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Main Author: Joyce, Barry Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781498502160
1498502164
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • A people's story
  • The text is the teacher
  • Mnemonics, methods, and memory: organizing and encoding the American story
  • An American character
  • Genesis: emergence and migrations
  • Apologetics: why we are who we are
  • Slaying the monster
  • The narrative divides
  • The narrative re-joined
  • Conclusion: who will write this story?