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

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Place / Publishing House:Lanham [Maryland] : : Lexington Books,, [2015]
2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (357 pages) :; illustrations
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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?