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Historians in the News

1/5/18

Doing History in the Age of Trump: An interview with James Loewen

Sociologist James W. Loewen is the author of many books including, Lies My Teacher Told Me and Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History. He was interviewed by the History News Network's Rick Shenkman on January 5, 2018 at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association.