Title: Liberal BS
Review: I'm told earlier editions of American Pageant were pretty good, but the 12th edition is practically worthless. The preface brags about compressing the real history in this edition and expanding coverage of "immigrants, slaves, the environment and women". The text takes every oppurtunity to deride Europeans for cruelty, but when mentioning other races, no such words are attributed to them. For example, the Aztecs' human sacrifice, etc. is presented matter-of-factly. When the discovery of America is described, parentheses are placed around the word "discovery". It waxes about the authors's morals and ethics more than it does a presentation of history. In fact, several times when a massacre against Europeans is described, or the spread of native diseases to Europeans, the phrase "poetic justice" is used. I don't recommend this book unless you're interested in reading a demonization of American history and culture.
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