All Articles
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Tensions within Multiculturalism's Ideals
October 1, 1994
At a time when our nation was preoccupied with the experience of two world wars fought against autocratic and totalitarian systems, historians not surprisingly wrote the story of America as a story of...
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Multicultural Teaching Requires a More Subtle Balance
October 1, 1994
I strongly support the general thrust of Professor Takaki's essay. The teaching of American history should indeed reflect the fact that the United States has been a multicultural society from its begi...
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Making The Great Depression for Public Television
October 1, 1994
In recent years the growing collaboration between historians and filmmakers has generated sharp debates emphasizing the difference between academic history with its interpretive characteristics and do...
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Identity, Race, and Multiculturalism: Teaching History in a Would-Be Unified World
October 1, 1994
In one African folktale the villager Hornbill ignores all entreaties to fully join his community. He refuses to attend all community functions and learn the rituals that tie him to all others. One day...
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Teaching American History through a Different Mirror
October 1, 1994
Editor's Note: This month's Teaching Innovations column addresses an issue currently receiving wide attention: Who should be included in the history we teach and how should they be included? Ronald Ta...
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Teaching History at the Two-Year Institution: A Status Report and View of the Future
October 1, 1994
Throughout the United States more than six million people attend two-year collegiate institutions. In the fall of 1992, over 50 percent of all incoming college freshmen were enrolled in two-year schoo...
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Indian America: A Gift from the Past Uncovers a New World Pompeii
October 1, 1994
Five hundred years ago, disaster struck the men, women, and children of the Makah Indian Nation. A massive springtime mudslide swept down a hill and, in a few terrifying moments, buried several huge f...
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World History: Teacher Preparation through University-High School Collaboration
September 1, 1994
As America's high schools have begun to introduce the study of world history, teachers often have found themselves unprepared because university history departments have not offered such courses for g...
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Letters to the Editor: Discrimination and the Job Market
September 1, 1994
Revive the White-Collar WPA To the Editor: I wish to second the sentiments expressed in Andrew Gyory's letter ("Nothing Irrational about Job Fears," Perspectives, April 1994, p. 20) in the April issue...
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Letter to the Editor: Distinguishing Scholarship from Denial
September 1, 1994
To the Editor: As president of the Institute for Historical Study, an AHA-affiliated organization, I am writing to make clear the strong differences between our organization and the unfortunately name...