Misrepresentation and Silence in United States History Textbooks: The Politics of Historical Oblivion (Palgrave Studies in Educational Media)

Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Book
Praise for Misrepresentation and Silence in United States History Textbooks
Contents
Chapter 1: Why and How Textbooks Matter for Youth Wellbeing
	Introduction: The Dangers of Misrepresentation
	Terminology
	School and Texts as Nation-building
	Purpose and Contribution
	Textbook Data Sample
	Literature Review
	Ethnographic Data
	Conclusion and Outline of the Book
Chapter 2: Misrepresentation in Educational Media (1954–1999)
	Introduction
	The 1950s: Americanization and Glorification
	1961: Honoring Christopher Columbus
	1966: Remaking Our Nation’s Story in United States History for High Schools
	1974: Let’s Visit Central America
	1981: Native Americans in A Short History of the American Nation
	1981: Freedom and Crisis: An American History
	1984: The World and Its People: California Yesterday and Today
	1999: Native American Representation in A History of the United States
	Conclusion
Chapter 3: Textbooks in Far Northern California High Schools in 2007–2022
	Introduction: Still Twisting the Tale of Pocahontas
	2007: The American Vision and Its Relevance Today
	2013: Native Americans in History Alive!
	2019: United States History and Geography
Chapter 4: Teaching to the Test: Undermining Academic Rebellion (2020s)
	Introduction: A Test’s Textbook
	2020: Native American Representation in Fabric of a Nation
	Indigenous, Mexican, and Im/migrant Representation in Fabric of a Nation (2020)
	Conclusion: A Personal Reflection on APUSH
Chapter 5: Kids These Days: Ethnographic Evidence on the Impact of Textbook Misrepresentation
	Student Perspectives on Native Americans in the Curricula
	Mexico in the Curriculum
Chapter 6: Conclusion: In Need of a Curricular Revolution
	What We Can Do
Appendices
	Appendix 1.1. Textbooks analyzed
	Appendix 1.2. Example of original textbook coding dataset on Native American representation
	Appendix 1.3. Example of original textbook coding dataset on Mexico and Mexican im/migrant-origin representation
References
Index