ISTORIA PRIMELOR MANUALE DE ISTORIE POSTDECEMBRISTE
THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST POST-1989 HISTORY TEXTBOOKS

Summary/Abstract: The author aims to provide a testimony, the first one, as he knows, about the people who published the first post-communist history school textbooks and the circumstances that made this possible in the years 1991-1992. The subject is written now, 25 years since occurred. These three textbooks has ensured continuity of studying history in a confusing time for the Romanian school, before curriculum reform at the mid 90s. Publication of those textbooks produced two waves of appeals, in part justified, between the years 1992-1995, and later, in 1997. The first one, caused by many reasons, including political ones, did not cause short-term expected consequences. The school textbooks in question remained in use until they were replaced using procedures established by financial institutions for education reform, and enjoying support from the ministry. The second wave, however, caused by the change of political power in autumn 1996 associated with this criticism and everything was done in previous years, to launch such new curriculum reform, which they appropriate it then exclusively. Winning or losing, history has been the engine of post-communist restoration school, thus gaining an indisputable priority. The text below is seeking an honest reconstruction of those years, for a more accurate reinstatement of truth in his rights.

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