Just ten minutes ago I stumbled upon this New York Times blog post from 2007 about the ulterior purposes of textbooks. I haven't had time to read all of the comments and explore all of the links yet, but it struck me as a potentially valuable resource because the author Patrick J. Lyons looks beyond sugar-coating history. He also examines how some nations like Israel use textbooks that are perhaps overly-graphic and how Taiwan began to use semantics in its history texts to assert independence from China. Further, there are 58 comments on this single post. When I read all of these responses later I'm hoping to find some new perspectives and maybe even some new current events to look at. Anyway, I'll post soon after I get a chance to look at this blog more in depth.
Keep reading!
--K
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