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Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Edition, First Printing. Book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

brown & offwhite hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). xxi+404p. footnotes throughout. (list of translators). bibliography. index. american history. world history. political philosophy. sociology. political science. historiography. ~ IN AN ALTERNATIVE AND EYE~OPENING version of American history, History Lessons provides an enormous range of conflicting takes on seemingly straightforward events. Readers accustomed to a single view of American history will find British and Canadian, and American Indian, views of the War of 1812; Cuban and Russian views of the Cuban Missile Crisis; and Iranian views of the Iranian hostage crisis, among various other astonishing and enlightening examples. Many of the textbooks included in History Lessons are the only authorized source of information about American history in their respective countries. They are made accessible to American readers for the first time, and several ~ including excerpts from the only textbook known to have been smuggled out of North Korea ~ are highly controversial. History Lessons offers a lighthearted and engaging challenge to the biases we bring to our understanding of American history ~ and a sobering glimpse into how the rest of the world views the past we take for granted.