James W. Loewen: Quotes about history

James W. Loewen is American historian. Explore interesting quotes on history.
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“The antidote to feel-good history is not feel-bad history but honest and inclusive history.”

James W. Loewen book Lies My Teacher Told Me

Source: Lies My Teacher Told Me

“In sum, U. S. history is no more violent and oppressive than the history of England, Russia, Indonesia, or Burundi - but neither is it exceptionally less violent.”

James W. Loewen book Lies My Teacher Told Me

Source: Lies My Teacher Told Me

“It's one thing to remember history and to put up historical markers that get it right. It's quite another thing to commemorate someone and to name stuff for him. You don't learn anything from driving the Jefferson Davis Highway about Jefferson Davis except that he was a great man and should be honored. And it's precisely that last little bit - should be honored - that we need to take away from him.”

James W. Loewen

As quoted in &quot;Rejection Of Flag Exposes Larger Truths About The Confederacy&quot; http://www.npr.org/2015/07/02/419554834/rejection-of-flag-exposes-larger-truths-about-the-confederacy (2 July 2015), by Robert Siegel, NPR <br class="br">2015

“Emotion is the glue that causes history to stick.”

James W. Loewen book Lies My Teacher Told Me

As quoted in Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong https://books.google.com/books?id=5m2_xeJ4VdwC&amp;dq=%22although+he+may+be+poor+not+a+man%22&amp;source=gbs_navlinks_s (2007), New York: New Press, p. 342 <br class="br">2000s, 2007, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (2007)