Gettysburg : Memory, Market, and an American Shrine /

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The site of North America's greatest battle is a national icon, a byword for the Civil War, and an American cliché. Described as "the most American place in America," Gettysburg is defended against commercial desecration like no other historic site. Yet even as schoolchildren learn to...

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Autor principal: Weeks, Jim (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Temas:
HISTORY / United States / General.
African Americans.
Christmas.
Cold War.
Douglass, Frederick.
Gettysburg Springs Hotel.
Greenfield Village.
Historic Pathway.
Jack Paar Show.
Jacobs, Michael.
Libby Prison.
Lincoln Highway.
Meade, Margaretta.
New Age religion.
Pennsylvania College.
Public Works Administration.
Sabbatarianism.
Soldiers' National Cemetery.
U.S. War Department.
Vietnam.
Williamsburg, Virginia.
anniversaries and celebrations.
authenticity.
baby boomers.
bed and breakfasts.
camping.
computers.
consumption.
department stores.
emancipation celebrations.
excursions.
expositions.
fakirs.
fiction.
genteel culture.
guidebooks.
heritage phenomenon.
mass culture.
monuments.
nature.
non-fiction.
observatories and towers.
panoramas.
photography.
railroads.
reenactments.
rural cemeteries.
theatre.
wargaming.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PHASE ONE 1863-1884 A Genteel Summer Resort
  • Chapter Two A Stream of Pilgrims
  • PHASE TWO 1884-1920 A Mecca for Patriots
  • Chapter Three A Memorial of the Whole Struggle
  • Chapter Four A Place for Tourists and the Oppressed
  • PHASE THREE 1920-1970 TV, Hot Bath, Cold War
  • Chapter Five "These Are Touring Days": Mass Culture Transforms Gettysburg
  • Chapter Six "Dad Got Us There in a Day": Automobiles and Family Touring
  • PHASE FOUR 1970-2000 Heritage Gettysburg
  • Chapter Seven A Future in the Past
  • Chapter Eight "It's 1863 All Over Again": Heritage Tourists
  • EPILOGUE: "The Most American Place in America"
  • Notes
  • Index

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