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Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture

Michael Kammen

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Description:In this ground-breaking, panoramic work of American cultural history, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen examines a central paradox of our national identity: How did "the land of the future" acquire a past? And to what extent has our collective memory of that past, as embodied in our traditions, been distorted, or even manufactured? Ranging from John Adams to Ronald Reagan, from the origins of Independence Day celebrations to the controversies surrounding the Vietnam War Memorial, from the Daughters of the American Revolution to immigrant associations, and filled with incisive analyses of such phenomena as Americana and its collectors, 'historic' villages and Disneyland, Mystic Chords of Memory is a brilliant, immensely readable, and enormously important book."Brilliant, idiosyncratic…presented with superlative style laced with refreshing wit." -- The New York Times Book Review"Illustrated with hundreds of well-chosen anecdotes and minute observations . . . Kammen is a demon researcher who seems to have mined his nuggets from the entire corpus of American cultural history . . . insightful and sardonic." -- Washington Post Book World"This is a big, ambitious book, and Kammen pulls it off admirably. . . . [He] brings a prodigious mind and much scholarly rigor to his task . . . an important book and a revealing look at how Americans look at themselves." -- Milwaukee JournalWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture. To get started finding Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 877

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Vintage Books

Release: 1993

ISBN: 0679741771

Description: In this ground-breaking, panoramic work of American cultural history, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen examines a central paradox of our national identity: How did "the land of the future" acquire a past? And to what extent has our collective memory of that past, as embodied in our traditions, been distorted, or even manufactured? Ranging from John Adams to Ronald Reagan, from the origins of Independence Day celebrations to the controversies surrounding the Vietnam War Memorial, from the Daughters of the American Revolution to immigrant associations, and filled with incisive analyses of such phenomena as Americana and its collectors, 'historic' villages and Disneyland, Mystic Chords of Memory is a brilliant, immensely readable, and enormously important book."Brilliant, idiosyncratic…presented with superlative style laced with refreshing wit." -- The New York Times Book Review"Illustrated with hundreds of well-chosen anecdotes and minute observations . . . Kammen is a demon researcher who seems to have mined his nuggets from the entire corpus of American cultural history . . . insightful and sardonic." -- Washington Post Book World"This is a big, ambitious book, and Kammen pulls it off admirably. . . . [He] brings a prodigious mind and much scholarly rigor to his task . . . an important book and a revealing look at how Americans look at themselves." -- Milwaukee JournalWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture. To get started finding Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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