The first U.S. history textbooks : constructing and disseminating the American tale in the nineteenth century / Barry Joyce.
2015
E175.85 .J69 2015
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The first U.S. history textbooks : constructing and disseminating the American tale in the nineteenth century / Barry Joyce.
Author
Joyce, Barry Alan, author.
ISBN
9781498502153 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781498502160 (e-book)
9781498502160 (e-book)
Published
Lanham [Maryland] : Lexington Books, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (357 pages) : illustrations.
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E175.85 .J69 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
973
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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?
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?