History in the Making

The popular, “thought-provoking study” that explores how contemporary prejudices change the way each generation looks at the nation’s past ( Library Journal ). Historian Kyle Ward, the acclaimed co-author of History Lessons , offers another fascinating look at the biases inherent in the way we think about, write about, and teach our own history. Juxtaposing passages from US history textbooks of different eras, History in the Making provides new perspectives on familiar historical events, and she