This book is the first to examine both history textbook controversies AND teaching historical controversy in Asian contexts. The many different perspectives provided by the book s authors offer numerous insights, examples, and approaches for understanding historical controversy that will provide a practical gold mine for scholars and practitioners for quite some time.

This book makes a compelling case for addressing historical controversy in contextually nuanced ways to help young people learn how to adjudicate competing accounts and deal with the range of controversies they are likely...