The literature on national school history textbooks suggests overwhelmingly that they represent the major source of information concerning national and international history for most people. They play a significant role in shaping the historical perspectives of those who read them, as well as their perceptions of, and attitudes toward, their own nation and other nations and peoples. By implication, therefore, it may be argued that history textbooks can and do affect international understanding.
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