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Joyce, Barry Alan, author.

Title The first U.S. history textbooks : constructing and disseminating the American tale in the nineteenth century / Barry Joyce.

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Lanham : Lexington Books, 2015.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials	EBSCO Ebook	Downloadable
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Description	1 online resource
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	A people's story -- The text is the teacher -- Mnemonics, methods, and memory: organizing and encoding the American story -- An American character -- Genesis: emergence and migrations -- Apologetics: why we are who we are -- Slaying the monster -- The narrative divides -- The narrative re-joined -- Conclusion: who will write this story?
Note	Print version record.
Subject	United States -- History -- Textbooks -- Evaluation.
	Historiography -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Textbooks -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
	Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221
	Textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01148536
	Textbooks -- Evaluation. (OCoLC)fst01148546
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title	First United States history textbooks
Other Form:	Print version: Joyce, Barry Alan. First U.S. history textbooks 9781498502153 (DLC) 2015019723 (OCoLC)908990775
ISBN	9781498502160 (electronic bk.)
	1498502164 (electronic bk.)

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