Channeling the Past : Politicizing History in Postwar America /

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"After the turmoil of the Great Depression and World War II, Americans looked to the nation's more distant past for lessons to inform its uncertain future. By applying recent and emerging techniques in mass communication--including radio and television programs and commercial book clubs--A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Christiansen, Erik, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mass media and history
History in popular culture
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Medias et histoire > États-Unis.
Histoire dans la culture populaire > États-Unis.
Histoire appliquee > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mass media and history > United States.
History in popular culture > United States.
Public history > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
United States
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • History's past presence
  • The history book club offers the past as an "image of ourselves"
  • mythologizing history on Du Pont's Cavalcade of America
  • History, news, and you are there
  • The freedom train's narrow-gauge iconography
  • Building a "national shrine" at the National Museum of American History
  • Once and future truths.

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