What shall we tell the children? : international perspectives on school history textbooks

• Other Authors: Foster, Stuart J., 1960- (Editor), Crawford, Keith, 1950- (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP- Information Age Pub. Inc., 2006.
• Subjects: History > Study and teaching.; History > Textbooks.; Education > History.; Teaching of a specific subject.; History of education.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781918116069
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-534-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages)

The pages of this book illustrate that as instruments of socialization and sites of ideological discourse textbooks are powerful artefacts in introducing young people to a specific historical, cultural and socioeconomic order. Crucially, exploring the social construction of school textbooks and the...