Ethnic Cleansing, Yes; Genocide, No: Textbook Coverage of Ethnic Violence in the Former Yugoslavia.

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  • Author(s): Lindquist, David (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    Clearing House. Aug2012, Vol. 85 Issue 5, p167-173. 7p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      HISTORY textbooks; HISTORY of ethnic relations in Yugoslavia; ETHNIC conflict; EUROPEAN history textbooks; GENOCIDE; YUGOSLAV Wars, 1991-2001; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; ETHNIC relations; YUGOSLAV history, 1992-2003; SOCIAL policy
    • Subject Terms:
      YUGOSLAVIA; EUROPE
    • Abstract:
      The ethnic violence that occurred in the former Yugoslavia during the mid-1990s has become one of the defining events of recent history. As such, today's students should develop an awareness of the history of that situation and its implications for contemporary society. Because textbooks provide the structure of most high school history courses, an analysis of textbook coverage of the Bosnian and Kosovar situations should provide critical information regarding what students learn about the events that occurred in those regions. This article analyzes how six frequently used history textbooks cover ethnic violence in the former Yugoslavia, thus providing data regarding what students learn about those situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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