Book Title

The book is entitled History Wars in the Classroom: Global Perspectives and examines how ten separate countries have experienced debates and disputes over the contested nature of the subject.

Content Overview

For example, the 'Black Armband' and 'Whitewash' factions in Australia adopt opposing views of Australian history, especially when evaluating episodes of poor racial relations. There are also tensions between traditional/patriotic views of history teaching and reformed or 'new' history.

Key Issues

There are issues of political control of the curriculum and parallel issues of who writes it, which is very topical in England at the moment, involving two expat 'big picture' historians who work at Harvard and Columbia (Niall Ferguson and Simon Schama).