James W Loewen
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 161281 |
|---|---|
| NOME | James W Loewen |
| PRENOMES | James W |
| SOBRENOME | Loewen |
| ASSINATURA | LOEWEN J W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Vermont |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 64 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1970 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Remembering America
In the first sentence of Remembering America, Lawrence R. Samuel promises “a cultural history of American history” (p. 1). He claims to be a pioneer: “no one has yet attempted to tell the fascinating history of American history itself as it was expressed in popular culture and in education” (ibid.). His first footnote cites historiographers from Michael Kraus (1953) and Harvey Wish (1960) to Kyle Ward (2010) and Richard Kirkendall (2011). Still, …
Using Confederate Documents to Teach About Secession, Slavery, and the Origins of the Civil War
“Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery, the greatest material interest of the world . . . [A] blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization . . . There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union ...” — Mississippi Declaration of Secession, January 9, 1861. Working with the American public to understand the causes of the Civil War can be an exercise in f…
Not Aesopian Enough
In April 2008, Ma Wanli, a professor of American history at Nanchang Hangkong University in Nanchang, China, emailed me to introduce himself as the translator of the Chinese version of my U.S. best seller, Lies My Teacher Told Me. He also invited me to write a preface for this new edition. I agreed.Lies exposes seamy aspects of the U.S. past. The preface I wrote for the Chinese edition suggests that a similar exposé might be useful in China. As I…
Lies my teacher told me
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.
Exhibiting Sundown Towns
Between 1890 and 1940, thousands of towns expelled their black populations or took steps to ensure that none would ever enter. Many became known as "sundown towns," because some placed signs at their city limits that typically said "Nigger, Don't Let the Sun Go Down On You In _____." The typical museum in such a town rarely mentions this fact, even though the expulsion or prohibition may be an important aspect of its history. The omission helps m…
Past Imperfect
White Men Challenging Racism
White Men Challenging Racism is a collection of first-person narratives chronicling the compelling experiences of thirty-five white men whose efforts to combat racism and fight for social justice are central to their lives. Based on interviews conducted by Cooper Thompson, Emmett Schaefer, and Harry Brod, these engaging oral histories tell the stories of the men's antiracist work. While these men discuss their accomplishments with pride, they als…
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Journal Article Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. By James W. Loewen. (New York: New Press, 1995. xii, 372 pp. Cloth, $24.95, ISBN 1-56584-100-X. Paper, $14.00, ISBN 0-684-81886-8.) Get access Jonathan Zimmerman Jonathan Zimmerman New York University, New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, December 2000…
Lies across America
"Lies Across America looks at more than one hundred sites where history is told on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, outdoor museums, historic houses, forts, and ships. Loewen uses his investigation of these public versions of history, often literally written in stone, to correct historical interpretations that are profoundly wrong, to tell neglected but important stories about the American past, and, most importantly, to ra…
Molding the Good Citizen
Quiet Revolution in the South
Levels of Political Mobilization and Racial Bloc Voting among Latinos, Anglos, and African Americans in New York City
Non-Latino Blacks, Latinos, and non-Latino Asians. *** Excludes non-Latino Native Americans and non-Latino "others
The Truth About the First Thanksgiving
Over the last few years, I have asked hundreds of college students, "When was the country we now know as the United States first settled?" This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full. Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Teaching Race Relations from Feature Films
In this video age, our students construct much of their understanding of race relations from visual material. In still-segregated America, many white students have had little in-depth contact with African Americans, Native Americans, or Hispanics before they reach our classes. The images and information in feature films provide white students with much of their knowledge about people of color. According to black film critic James Murray, people o…
Racial Bloc Voting and Political Mobilization in South Carolina
Over the last quarter century, major changes in Southern social structure have been accompanied by more positive white attitudes on racial issues. Has voting behavior reflected these changes? The question has important consequences. The degree of racial bloc voting and political mobilization often determines outcomes not only of elections but also of voting rights lawsuits. Data from 130 black/white elections in South Carolina were used to determ…
Free at Last
One-Trial Latent Learning Followed by Frustration and “Forgetting”
Repeating a famous old experiment shows rats do learn the location of food when thirsty, even in a T-maze design which provides reward with water in the opposite arm. Moreover, they learn it on the first trial. They then “forget” it when given more training trials. The experiment argues against the practice of habituation and shows that anticipatory-goal responses cannot explain maze results
Getting Gender on Their Minds
Women's equality in the workplace remains a goal, not a reality, so it promises to be an issue in our society for years to come. Courses like Marriage and the Family, Sex Roles in Society, and Introductory Sociology can help prepare students to think about this issue as it develops, if they get students thinking about it while still in the classroom. This exercise is designed to start the thinking process. Why are women drastically underrepresent…
Social Science in the Courtroom
Social Science in the Courtroom
Lotus Among the Magnolias
Social Science in the Courtroom
Slave Narratives and Sociology
Museums in Motion
Introductory Sociology
Teaching sociology can be a tough task. Students from the upper class and upper-middle class are strong believers in the ideology known as American individualism. They feel they have chosen to go to college and that they will succeed in life; they chalk up their future success and their parents' past accomplishments as just that-accomplishments achieved through hard work, intelligence, education, and ambition. And even community college students,…
Lies across America
"Lies Across America looks at more than one hundred sites where history is told on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, outdoor museums, historic houses, forts, and ships. Loewen uses his investigation of these public versions of history, often literally written in stone, to correct historical interpretations that are profoundly wrong, to tell neglected but important stories about the American past, and, most importantly, to ra…
Lies my teacher told me
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.
Teaching Race Relations from Feature Films
In this video age, our students construct much of their understanding of race relations from visual material. In still-segregated America, many white students have had little in-depth contact with African Americans, Native Americans, or Hispanics before they reach our classes. The images and information in feature films provide white students with much of their knowledge about people of color. According to black film critic James Murray, people o…
White Men Challenging Racism
White Men Challenging Racism is a collection of first-person narratives chronicling the compelling experiences of thirty-five white men whose efforts to combat racism and fight for social justice are central to their lives. Based on interviews conducted by Cooper Thompson, Emmett Schaefer, and Harry Brod, these engaging oral histories tell the stories of the men's antiracist work. While these men discuss their accomplishments with pride, they als…
The Mississippi Chinese
Racial Bloc Voting and Political Mobilization in South Carolina
Over the last quarter century, major changes in Southern social structure have been accompanied by more positive white attitudes on racial issues. Has voting behavior reflected these changes? The question has important consequences. The degree of racial bloc voting and political mobilization often determines outcomes not only of elections but also of voting rights lawsuits. Data from 130 black/white elections in South Carolina were used to determ…
Introductory Sociology
Teaching sociology can be a tough task. Students from the upper class and upper-middle class are strong believers in the ideology known as American individualism. They feel they have chosen to go to college and that they will succeed in life; they chalk up their future success and their parents' past accomplishments as just that-accomplishments achieved through hard work, intelligence, education, and ambition. And even community college students,…
Using Confederate Documents to Teach About Secession, Slavery, and the Origins of the Civil War
“Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery, the greatest material interest of the world . . . [A] blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization . . . There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union ...” — Mississippi Declaration of Secession, January 9, 1861. Working with the American public to understand the causes of the Civil War can be an exercise in f…
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Journal Article Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. By James W. Loewen. (New York: New Press, 1995. xii, 372 pp. Cloth, $24.95, ISBN 1-56584-100-X. Paper, $14.00, ISBN 0-684-81886-8.) Get access Jonathan Zimmerman Jonathan Zimmerman New York University, New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, December 2000…
Getting Gender on Their Minds
Women's equality in the workplace remains a goal, not a reality, so it promises to be an issue in our society for years to come. Courses like Marriage and the Family, Sex Roles in Society, and Introductory Sociology can help prepare students to think about this issue as it develops, if they get students thinking about it while still in the classroom. This exercise is designed to start the thinking process. Why are women drastically underrepresent…
Action and Sociology
The Mississippi Chinese
The Mississippi Chinese
Journal Article The Mississippi Chinese: Between Black and White. By James W. Loewen. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. 237 pp. Maps, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $10.00.) Get access Roger Daniels Roger Daniels State University of New York, Fredonia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 59, Issue 2, September 1972, Page 433, https://doi…
The Mississippi Chinese
The Mississippi Chinese
The Mississippi Chinese-Between Black and White
Negroes in Britain
Black Children, White Dreams
Black Men, White Cities
Introductory Sociology
Teaching sociology can be a tough task. Students from the upper class and upper-middle class are strong believers in the ideology known as American individualism. They feel they have chosen to go to college and that they will succeed in life; they chalk up their future success and their parents' past accomplishments as just that-accomplishments achieved through hard work, intelligence, education, and ambition. And even community college students,…
Museums in Motion
Slave Narratives and Sociology
Social Science in the Courtroom
Lotus Among the Magnolias
Social Science in the Courtroom
Social Science in the Courtroom
One-Trial Latent Learning Followed by Frustration and “Forgetting”
Repeating a famous old experiment shows rats do learn the location of food when thirsty, even in a T-maze design which provides reward with water in the opposite arm. Moreover, they learn it on the first trial. They then “forget” it when given more training trials. The experiment argues against the practice of habituation and shows that anticipatory-goal responses cannot explain maze results
Getting Gender on Their Minds
Women's equality in the workplace remains a goal, not a reality, so it promises to be an issue in our society for years to come. Courses like Marriage and the Family, Sex Roles in Society, and Introductory Sociology can help prepare students to think about this issue as it develops, if they get students thinking about it while still in the classroom. This exercise is designed to start the thinking process. Why are women drastically underrepresent…
Free at Last
Racial Bloc Voting and Political Mobilization in South Carolina
Over the last quarter century, major changes in Southern social structure have been accompanied by more positive white attitudes on racial issues. Has voting behavior reflected these changes? The question has important consequences. The degree of racial bloc voting and political mobilization often determines outcomes not only of elections but also of voting rights lawsuits. Data from 130 black/white elections in South Carolina were used to determ…
Teaching Race Relations from Feature Films
In this video age, our students construct much of their understanding of race relations from visual material. In still-segregated America, many white students have had little in-depth contact with African Americans, Native Americans, or Hispanics before they reach our classes. The images and information in feature films provide white students with much of their knowledge about people of color. According to black film critic James Murray, people o…
The Truth About the First Thanksgiving
Over the last few years, I have asked hundreds of college students, "When was the country we now know as the United States first settled?" This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full. Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Levels of Political Mobilization and Racial Bloc Voting among Latinos, Anglos, and African Americans in New York City
Non-Latino Blacks, Latinos, and non-Latino Asians. *** Excludes non-Latino Native Americans and non-Latino "others
Quiet Revolution in the South
Molding the Good Citizen
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