Loewen's politically correct critique of 12 American history textbooks.including
The American Pageant by Thomas A. Bailey and David M. Kennedy; and Triumph of
the American Nation by Paul Lewis Todd and Merle Curti.is sure to please liberals
and infuriate conservatives. In condemning the way history is taught, he indicts
everyone involved in the enterprise: authors, publishers, adoption committees,
parents and teachers. Loewen (Mississippi: Conflict and Change) argues that
the bland, Eurocentric treatment of history bores most elementary and high school
students, who also find it irrelevant to their lives. To make learning more
compelling, Loewen urges authors, publishers and teachers to highlight the drama
inherent in history by presenting students with different viewpoints and stressing
that history is an ongoing process, not merely a collection of.often misleading.
factoids. Readers interested in history, whether liberal or conservative,
professional or layperson, will find food for thought here.

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