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In order to determine how history education can be harnessed to reduce conflict attitudes and intentions and create a culture of peace, this book examines how history curricula and textbooks shape the identities of their students through their portrayals of ingroup and outgroup identity, intergroup boundaries, and value systems.

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Introduction 1. Identity-based Approach to the Formation of Peace Culture in History Education 2. Forms of Social Identity 3. Meaning of National Identity 4. Borders: From Divisive to Inclusive Borderlines 5. Collective Axiology: From Moral Denigration to Universal Morality 6. Nation Building and National Identity Formation Conclusion

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Karina V. Korostelina is Director of the Program on History, Memory and Conflict at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, USA.

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