History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past
The authors ofHistory On Trialnever would have imagined that  they'd get caught up in a highly partisan national controversy. In 1992 they were enlisted  by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to draw up standards for the  teaching of history in America's schools. And in 1994, before their work was even  published, it came under blistering attack from the political right. InHistory on  Trialthe professors argue that their work was hideously distorted and turned into a  shockingly nasty political issue by agitators such as Rush Limbaugh and Lynne Cheney  (who had been director of the NEH when the project to create curriculum guidelines was  begun). In presenting their story, Gary B. Nash, Charlotte Crabtree, and Ross E. Dunn  may go into too much detail for a general reader, but that is perhaps a necessary  byproduct of fully presenting their case.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.