Echoing Events The Perpetuation of National Narratives in English and Dutch History Textbooks, 1920-2010

• Main Author: van der Vlies, Tina (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: European history; Social & cultural history; Netherlands; England; Teaching of a specific subject; Educational strategies & policy; Educational: Languages other than English; History textbooks; Textbook research; National narratives; Perpetuation; Canonization; Textbook analysis; History education; The Spanish Armada; The Dutch Revolt; The Netherlands
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"Echoing Events" questions the perpetuation, actualization, and canonization of national narratives in English and Dutch history textbooks, wide-reaching media that tendentially inspire a sense of meaning, memory, and thus also identity. The longitudinal study begins in the 1920s, when the...