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How Textbooks Made America Not So Great

Some of My Best Friends Are

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What Do You Think About the Lagging Time Between the Textbooks and the Civil War?

Khalil: Some of the most effective textbooks during this post-Civil War period came out in 1880s. Khalil: They are meant by design to be the most anodyne interpretation of the past, at least in the way that the general public would understand them. He says they also reinforce the dominant narratives of the nation.

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