Linenthal, professor of Religion and American Culture at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, outlines the 15-year campaign to build the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He traces the museum's beginnings in domestic politics, through the many stages of its conceptualization and every aspect of its realization.
From the "taming of the West" to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart of American politics. What kind of history Americans should read, see, or fund is no longer merely a matter of professional interest to teachers, historians, and museum curators. Everywhere now, history is ...
In a series of pioneering studies, this book examines the creation - and the conflict behind the creation - of sacred space in America. The essays in this volume visit places in America where economic, political, and social forces clash over the sacred and the profane, from wilderness areas in the American West to the Mall in Washington, D.C., and ...
Linenthal, professor of Religion and American Culture at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, outlines the 15-year campaign to build the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He traces the museum's beginnings in domestic politics, through the many stages of its conceptualization and every aspect of its realization.
This scholarly study of the lingering effects of the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing puts into perspective the psychic harm done to the many affected. It looks at the way grief played out in private and public spheres, and considers the Oklahoma City National Memorial as a significant contribution that can tell us a lot about suffering and consolation.
Linenthal, professor of Religion and American Culture at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, outlines the 15-year campaign to build the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He traces the museum's beginnings in domestic politics, through the many stages of its conceptualization and every aspect of its realization.
"An authoritative study of the nature of the American patriotic spirit as observed in its most hallowed memorials" (Kirkus Reviews), this book includes updates of each site, and offers the most thorough description and analysis of the 50th anniversary commemorations at Pearl Harbor. Photos.
"An authoritative study of the nature of the American patriotic spirit as observed in its most hallowed memorials" (Kirkus Reviews), this book includes updates of each site, and offers the most thorough description and analysis of the 50th anniversary commemorations at Pearl Harbor. Photos.
Since the public unveiling of SDI in 1983, discussion has focused on the technical and strategic aspects of the project. This book takes a new look, examining the cultural repercussions of SDI. Illustrated.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most important complications of chronic viral hepatitis. It usually results in a fatal outcome if not discovered in its earliest stages. Its close association with the hepatitis B and C viruses makes it one of the first human cancers for which there is strong evidence of a viral cause. For this reason, ...
Infectious diseases are an ever present threat to humans. In recent years, the threat of these emerging viruses has been greater than ever before in human history, due in large part to global travel by larger numbers of people, and to a lesser extent to disruptions in the interface between developed and undeveloped areas. The emergence of new ...
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Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
