Textbooks and War: Historical and Multinational Perspectives eBook

This volume reflects on the role played by textbooks in the complex relationship between war and education from a historical and multinational perspective, asking how textbook content and production can play a part in these processes. It has long been established that history textbooks play a key role in shaping the next generation’s understanding of both past events and the concept of ‘friend’ and ‘foe’. Considering both current and historical textbooks, often through a bi-national comparative approach, the editors and contributors investigate various important aspects of the relationships between textbooks and war, including the role wars play in the creation of national identities (whether the country is on the winning or losing side), the effacement of international wars to highlight a country’s exceptionalism, or the obscuring of intra-national conflict through the ways in which a civil war is portrayed. This pioneering book will be of interest and value to students and scholars of textbooks, educational media and the relationships between curricula and war.

Textbooks and War: Historical and Multinational Perspectives and published by Palgrave Macmillan. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Textbooks and War are 9783319988030, 3319988034 and the print ISBNs are 9783319988023, 3319988026. Save up to 80% versus print by going digital with VitalSource.