Recycling the Past : Popular Uses of American History /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Knock, Thomas J. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Zenderland, Leila (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1978.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Geistesgeschichte
Intellectual life.
American literature.
American literature > History and criticism.
USA.
United States.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle.
United States > Intellectual life.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (152 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781512819496

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