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Introduction: Historical and Multinational Perspectives on Textbooks and Wars

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In their introduction to the volume, Roldán Vera and Fuchs outline the complexities of the role of history textbooks in shaping the portrayals of war intended for the next generation, and also to “history wars” in which the textbooks themselves have been the subject of conflict. The editors offer an overview of the state of the art in historiographical textbook research, showing how this volume fills a research gap by examining both wars in textbooks and wars about textbooks from multinational perspectives.

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  1. The Department of Educational Research, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV), Mexico City, Mexico

    Eugenia Roldán Vera

  2. Technical University Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany

    Eckhardt Fuchs

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    Eugenia Roldán Vera

  2. Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research , Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany

    Eckhardt Fuchs

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Roldán Vera, E., Fuchs, E. (2018). Introduction: Historical and Multinational Perspectives on Textbooks and Wars. In: Roldán Vera, E., Fuchs, E. (eds) Textbooks and War. Palgrave Studies in Educational Media. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98803-0_1

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