I post the following from a recent message from Ross Dunn for those
interested in the debate over national history standards for U.S. and
world history.
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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 11:12:54 -0800
To: "J B Owens" <OWENJACK@FS.isu.edu>
From: Ross Dunn <dunn@mail.sdsu.edu>
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Also I wonder if you would like to put out ... an announcement
of our book, which appeared less than a month ago: Gary B. Nash, Charlotte
Crabtree, and Ross E. Dunn, HISTORY ON TRIAL: CULTURE WARS AND THE TEACHING
OF THE PAST (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997). The book includes quite a
lot about the evolution of world history teaching in the schools since the
early century. Favorable reviews have appeared in the LOS ANGELES TIMES
SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW, PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW, ST. LOUIS
POST-DISPATCH, and CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, and KIRKUS REVIEWS. Cranky
ones have appeared in the NATIONAL REVIEW and in THE VILLAGE VOICE.
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So many books; so little time :-)
Jack
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J. B. "Jack" Owens, Professor of History
Project Coordinator, Computer-Mediated Distance Learning
Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209 USA
e-mail: owenjack@isu.edu
www: http://www.isu.edu/~owenjack
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