{"product_id":"lies-that-bind-us-2","title":"Lies That Bind Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lies That Bind Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Ahsan I. Butt explores how history textbooks become battlegrounds of national belonging, borders, and memory. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory education has always sparked fierce debate. Disagreements erupt not just over what to include but whose version to tell – how proud or shameful episodes are portrayed; who bears responsibility; and which voices are heard or silenced. These fights are typically domestic, but when a state's past involves international conflict, the stakes – and the critics – multiply. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eButt delves into such flashpoints in his analysis of the politics of history textbooks. He first disaggregates national identity into three dimensions: boundaries of membership, space, and time. He then considers how each dimension is addressed in narratives of race and immigration across US history textbooks; territorial conflicts in Argentinean and Chilean textbooks; and finally, imperial legacies and independence struggles in Indian and Pakistani textbooks. As book bans and curriculum wars roil classrooms worldwide, \u003ci\u003eThe Lies That Bind Us\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the varieties of nationalism driving textbook battles and how they shape not just which histories students learn but what kind of nation a country becomes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57257556345176,"sku":"9781501787843","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781501787843_966ca51b-fbf2-4591-bd99-49ecfcde2bd5.jpg?v=1778914874","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/lies-that-bind-us-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}