{"product_id":"the-lies-that-bind-us-ahsan-i-butt-9781501787836","title":"The Lies That Bind Us: Nationalism and History Textbooks","description":"\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\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ahsan I. Butt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501787837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501787836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Ahsan I. Butt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48852633780479,"sku":"9781501787836","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lies-that-bind-us-ahsan-i-butt-9781501787836","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}