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History, Pseudo-History, Anti-History: How Public School Textbooks Treat Religion. Policy Studies in Education.
Bryan, Robert – 1984
American schools use history textbooks that distort history by slighting the influence of religion on customs and institutions. The textbooks used in Montgomery County, Maryland--a highly regarded district--may be considered a sample of those used in the nation's best schools. Yet among these texts there is a remarkable consensus that, after 1700,…
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