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Born in the U.S.A. : birth, commemoration, and American public memory /
Scores of birthplace monuments and historic childhood homes dot the American landscape. These special places, many dating to the early years of the last century, have enshrined nativity alongside patriotism and valor among the key pillars of the nation's popular historical imagination. The essa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Public history in historical perspective.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: Locating the Birthplace in American Public Memory / Seth C. Bruggeman
- 1. Remembering John Muir, the Trans-Atlantic "Father" of Wilderness Conservation / Angela Phelps
- 2. This House Holds Many Memories
- Constructions of a Presidential Birthplace at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site / Christine Arato
- 3. Commemorating Jimmy Carter and Southern Rural Life in Plains, Georgia / Zachary J. Lechner
- 4. Authenticity and Interpretation at Mark Twain's Birthplace Cabins / Hilary Iris Lowe
- 5. Stratford Hall
- Memorial to Robert E. Lee? / Laura Lawfer Orr
- 6. Memories, Monuments, and Mormonism
- Birthplace of Joseph Smith in Vermont / Keith A. Erekson
- 7. Rosine, Kentucky
- Birthplace of Bill Monroe and American Bluegrass Music / Cynthia Miller
- 8. "Right Here in Mason City"
- Meredith Willson and Musical Memory in the American Midwest / Anna Thompson Hajdik
- 9. Paulsdale
- Adapting Alice Paul's Birthplace for a New Generation of Leaders / Kris Myers
- 10. Raven in the Frog Pond
- Edgar Allan Poe and the City of Boston / Dan Currie
- 11. Du Bois in Great Barrington
- Promises and Pitfalls of a Boyhood Historic Site / Robert Paynter.