About this title: This is a book about why history matters. It shows how popularized historical images and narratives deeply influence Americans' understanding of their collective past. A leading public historian, Mike Wallace observes that we are a people who think of ourselves as having shed the past but also avid tourists who are on a 'heritage binge,' flocking by the thousands to Ellis Island, Colonial Williamsburg, or the Vietnam Memorial. Wallace probes into the trivialization of history that pervades American culture as well as the struggles over public memory that provoke stormy controversy. The recent ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Temple University Press, Philadelphia
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781566394451ISBN:1566394457
Description: VG/NONE. 1566394457. Minor general surfacewear, minor toning pages and edges.; Critical Perspectives on the Past; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 318 pages; Art history, black/cream red with aqua border all around, vartcat tem. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Temple University Press
Date Published: 1996-04-23
ISBN-13:9781566394451ISBN:1566394457
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Temple Univ Pr
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781566394451ISBN:1566394457
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Temple University Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781566394451ISBN:1566394457
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"Eye-opening essay on how Disney, museums, parks, etc. not only display history, but interpret (define?) the culture in Americana. By their choices of what to display, how they display them, and the descriptions given, they emphasize certain aspects of society and culture while giving a rose-colored glasses or inspirational/what to strive for message. Using Disneyland's theme park, Henry Ford's park, and others, Wallace explains the image portrayed and how that image can warp perception and influence the viewer, both by what is there and what was left out."
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