Sunday, January 5, 11:00–1:00 p.m.

American Historical Association Annual Meeting Sessions

150. Read the Chapter and Answer the Questions at the End: School Textbooks and the Production of National Consensus

Hilton, Private Dining Room 4

Chair: Laura Hein, Northwestern University

Papers: Bavarian Nationbuilding in the Classroom: The Bavarian Volksshul under Ludwig I, 1825–48
James K. Bidwell, Boston College

"Devotion to the Cause of Truth": Textbooks and the Memory of the U.S. Civil War
Judith Giesberg, Villanova University

Common Pasts, Contesting Histories, and Divergent Geographies: A Comparison of History and Social Science Textbooks from India and Pakistan
Sanjay Joshi, Northern Arizona University

Comment: Laura Hein

   

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