内容简介:在书中,洛温详细剖析了美国现行的历史教科书,并对教科书中的谎言进行了细致入微的分析,展示了历史的生动性与复杂性。他从前哥伦布时代着笔,涉猎重建、海伦·凯勒、第一个感恩节、梅莱大屠杀等多种人物与事件,对现有的教科书提出了令人大开眼界的批评,对美国历史进行了令人着迷的重述,指出了美国历史应该如何以及能够如何向美国学生讲授。作者认为,爱国主义是谎言的主要温床,为了宣扬爱国主义,美国中学历史教科书不惜“肢解”历史,英雄化历史人物,从根本上无助于培养学生的独立思考能力。推荐理由:我们都习惯性地、想当然地相信并认可历史教科书中的信息与论 Introduction: In his book, Rawowen analyzes in detail the current history textbooks in the United States and analyzes the lies in the textbooks in detail, demonstrating the vividness and complexity of history. He used to write and rebuild in Columbus era, Helen Keller, the first Thanksgiving Day, the massacre of Melaleuca, and many other personalities and events. He presented an eye-opening criticism of the existing textbooks and made an account of the history of the United States Fascinating restatements, pointing out how and how American history should be taught to American students. The author believes that patriotism is the main hotbed of lies, and in order to promote patriotism, the history textbooks of American secondary schools are fundamentally not conducive to cultivating students’ independent thinking ability without hesitating “mutilating ” historical and heroic historical figures. Recommended reason: We are accustomed to, of course, believe and endorse the history textbook information and theory