Barry Joyce

The First U.S. History Textbooks

Constructing and Disseminating the American Tale in the Nineteenth Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a fresh, multidisciplinary analysis of American history textbooks published in the first half of the nineteenth century, focusing on the emergence of an American "origins" narrative prevalent in these works as well as the methods employed to convey this tale to readers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 569g
• ISBN-13: 9781498502177
• ISBN-10: 1498502172
• Artikelnr.: 47877090

Autorenporträt

Barry Joyce is associate professor of history and the co-coordinator of the Social Studies Secondary Education Program at the University of Delaware.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: A People's Story Chapter 2: The Text is the Teacher Chapter 3:
Mnemonics, Methods, and Memory: Organizing and Encoding the American Story
Chapter 4: An American Character Chapter 5: Genesis: Emergence and
Migrations Chapter 6: Apologetics: Why we are who we are Chapter 7: Slaying
the Monster Chapter 8: The Narrative Divides Chapter 9: The Narrative
Re-joined Conclusion: Who Will Write This Story?