Mickey Mouse History and Other Essays on American Memory

Name: Mickey Mouse History and Other Essays on American Memory
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ISBN: 9781566394451

ISBN-10: 1566394457

ISBN-13: 9781566394451

Edition: 1996

Authors: Michael Wallace

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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 imbroglio surrounding the National Air and Space Museum's proposed Enola Gay exhibit was reported as…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 4/23/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English