Generations and Collective Memory /

When discussing large social trends or experiences, we tend to group people into generations. But what does it mean to be part of a generation, and what gives that group meaning and coherence? It's collective memory, say Amy Corning and Howard Schuman, and in Generations and Collective Memory,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Corning, Amy (Autor), Schuman, Howard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Autobiographical memory.
Collective memory.
Group identity.
Historiography.
Memory > Social aspects > United States.
Memory > Sociological aspects.
Memory-Social aspects-United States.
Memory-Sociological aspects.
United States-History-Public opinion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
cognitive psychology, historiography, large social trends, generations, collective memory, group meaning, share memories, formative experiences, society, history, historical research, united states, interviews, japan, china, russia, israel, germany, lithuania, ukraine, adolescence, early adulthood, 1963 kennedy assassination, berlin wall, epochal events, revolutions, reputations, political issues, autobiographical, sociological aspects, sociology, anthropology, public opinion.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Authors' Note
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Meanings of Collective Memory and Generation
  • Part One. Revising Collective Memories
  • 1 Collective Memories and Counter-Memories of Christopher Columbus
  • 2. Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson: Sex, Slavery, and Science
  • 3. Abraham Lincoln: "Honest Abe" versus "the Great Emancipator"
  • Part Two. The Critical Years and Other Sources of Collective Memory
  • 4. The Critical Years Hypothesis: The Idea and the Evidence
  • 5. Exploring Collective Memory in Eight Countries
  • Part Three. Beyond Critical Years Effects
  • 6. Does Emigration Affect Collective Memory?
  • 7. Generational Experience of War and the Development of New Attitudes
  • 8. Autobiographical Memory versus Collective Memory
  • 9. Collective Knowledge: Findings and "Losings"
  • 10. Commemoration Matters: The Past in the Present
  • Closing Reflections
  • Appendix A: Statistical Testing and Its Limitations
  • Appendix B: Survey Response Rates
  • Appendix C: Formal Tests of Critical Years Effects
  • Appendix D: Robustness of Standard Events Question
  • References
  • Index

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