{"product_id":"the-lies-that-bind-us-nationalism-and-history-textbooks-paperback-softback-9781501787843","title":"The Lies That Bind Us; Nationalism and History Textbooks (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501787843","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Lies That Bind Us\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNationalism and History Textbooks\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAhsan I. Butt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501787843\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 July 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\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\n\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\n\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52610568192280,"sku":"9781501787843","price":22.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-lies-that-bind-us-nationalism-and-history-textbooks-paperback-softback-9781501787843","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}