Channeling the Past : Politicizing History in Postwar America.

By:

Christiansen, Erik

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in American Thought and Culture SeriesPublisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (320 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780299289034

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Channeling the PastDDC classification:

302.2309

LOC classification:

E175

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: History's Past Presence -- 1. The History Book Club Offers the Past as an "Image of Ourselves" -- 2. Mythologizing History on Du Pont's Cavalcade of America -- 3. History, News, and You Are There -- 4. The Freedom Train's Narrow-Gauge Iconography -- 5. Building a "National Shrine" at the National Museum of American History -- Conclusion: Once and Future Truths -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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