{"product_id":"history-in-the-making-an-absorbing-look-at-how-american-history-has-changed-in-the-telling-over-the-last-200-years-paperback","title":"History in the Making: An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling Over the Last 200 Years - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKyle Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe popular, \"thought-provoking study\" that explores how contemporary prejudices change the way each generation looks at the nation's past (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Historian Kyle Ward, the acclaimed co-author of \u003ci\u003eHistory Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e, offers another fascinating look at the biases inherent in the way we think about, write about, and teach our own history. Juxtaposing passages from US history textbooks of different eras, \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Making\u003c\/i\u003e provides new perspectives on familiar historical events, and sheds light on the ways they have been represented over generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Covering subjects that span two hundred years, from Columbus's arrival to the Boston Massacre, from women's suffrage to Japanese internment, \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Making\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the changing values, priorities, and points of view that have framed--and reframed--our past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Interesting and useful . . . convincingly illustrates how texts change as social and political attitudes evolve.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Students, teachers, and general readers will learn more about the past from these passages than from any single work, however current, that purports to monopolize the truth.\" --Ray Raphael, author of \u003ci\u003eFounding Myths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKyle Ward is the director of the social studies education program at St. Cloud State University. He worked as a high school teacher for many years, teaching a variety of subjects. He is a co-author (with Dana Lindaman) of \u003ci\u003eHistory Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eHistory in the Making: An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling over the Last 200 Years\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNot Written in Stone: Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by The New Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 374\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771007795488,"sku":"9781595582157","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bee48cc5da6c1884a8628a46fd78454b.webp?v=1780381759","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/history-in-the-making-an-absorbing-look-at-how-american-history-has-changed-in-the-telling-over-the-last-200-years-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}