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Recycling the past : popular uses of American history /
This is a book that explores in detail the use that Americans have made of their history for commercial, cultural, and ideological purposes. It focuses on popular adaptations of historical incidents and artifacts to reveal how successive generations of Americans have been able to adapt their heritag...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
1978.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is a book that explores in detail the use that Americans have made of their history for commercial, cultural, and ideological purposes. It focuses on popular adaptations of historical incidents and artifacts to reveal how successive generations of Americans have been able to adapt their heritage to address the needs of their contemporaries. Further, it indicates how the past has helped to shape the attitudes of later generations toward their own society. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 131 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1512819492 9781512819496 |