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Our Monumental Mistakes
Foner, Eric | November 8, 1999 issue

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The article presents information on the book "Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong," by James W. Loewen. In this book, Loewen discusses what account of the past does the public history convey. Problems begin with the language commonly used to describe early American history, which suggests that the continent was uninhabited before white settlement and that only people of English origin qualify as "civilized." According to the author, Loewen has written a devastating portrait of how American history is commemorated. The book is lively and informative, and his mini-essays correcting the errors and omissions at various sites offer valuable history lessons in themselves.

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LIES Across America (Book); LOEWEN, James W.; UNITED States -- History; CIVILIZATION; PUBLIC history; UNITED States
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