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Lies my teacher told me about Christopher Columbus : a poster book of what your history books got wrong by Columbus, Christopher;Loewen, James W is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Examines the truths and myths surrounding the voyages of Columbus, presenting an alternative history intended to differ from that offered in many school textbooks.;Somebody was already living here -- Words we use determine how we think -- Exploration before Columbus -- Eurocentrism affects what textbooks include and exclude -- Why was Europe ready to act differently this time? -- Textbooks make up details about Columbus to avoid uncertainty -- Textbooks make the obstacles seem greater -- Textbooks make his motives seem purer -- Textbooks omit what Columbus did with the Americas -- Textbooks make Columbus seem more tragic -- Why do textbooks lie? -- Columbus and the "Century of progress" -- Historiography: How history changes, depending on when and where it is written -- Objections to teaching the truth about Columbus -- Result of all this is boring history -- Further reading, a video, and an invitation to a dialogue.

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Author

Columbus, Christopher;Loewen, James W

Publisher

New Press, W.W. Norton & Co. [distributor]

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781565840089

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Reference, School Education & Teaching

Rating

4.03 / 5 (193 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14