Rethinking our past recognizing facts, fictions, and lies in American history

"This course is designed to enlighten and encourage you to consider the factual basis of many of our most-cherished yet glossed-over stories and the real-life characters who populate them. From archaeological misinformation to investigations into the nature of modern public policy, Professor Loewen...

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Main Author: Loewen, James W.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2004.
Series:Modern scholar.
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Table of Contents:
  • lecture 1. Why study the past?
  • lecture 2. Archaeology and prehistory
  • Lecture 3. The politics and history of Columbus
  • lecture 4. Pilgrims
  • lecture 5. Native American societies and cultures
  • lecture 6. The making and use of the Constitution
  • lecture 7. Slavery
  • lecture 8. The Civil War
  • lecture 9. The Civil War (contiuned) and Reconstruction
  • lecture 10. The nadir of race relations
  • lecture 11. The nadir of race relations (continued)
  • lecture 12. United States foreign policy
  • lecture 13. Capitalism and social class
  • lecture 14. Doing history yourself.