Textbooks Today and Tomorrow: A Conversation about History, Pedagogy, and Economics.

The article presents a roundtable discussion on the subject of college U.S. history textbooks, organized by the publication with participants including historians Eric Foner, Amy Kinsel, and David J. Trowbridge and publisher Mary Dougherty. Topics include trends in the textbook publishing industry i...

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Publicado en:Journal of American History Vol. 100; no. 4; pp. 1139 - 1170
Formato: Proceeding
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Mar2014
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Sumario:The article presents a roundtable discussion on the subject of college U.S. history textbooks, organized by the publication with participants including historians Eric Foner, Amy Kinsel, and David J. Trowbridge and publisher Mary Dougherty. Topics include trends in the textbook publishing industry including Internet content, college students' attitudes toward textbooks, the use of textbooks in history survey courses, and the construction of historical narratives in textbooks and by students.