Mickey Mouse history and other essays on American memory
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Mickey Mouse history and other essays on American memory
（Critical perspectives on the past）
Temple University Press, 1996
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references
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: cloth ISBN 9781566394444
Description
This text considers why history matters. It shows how popularised historical images and narratives deeply influence Americans' understanding of their collective past. Americans, who think they have shed their past, are also, paradoxically, avid tourists of their own heritage.
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: pbk ISBN 9781566394451
Description
A long-awaited dispatch from the history front in today's culture war
Table of Contents
Introduction: Battlefields of Memory Section I 1. Visiting the Past: History Museums in the United States 2. Razor Ribbons, History Museums, and Civic Salvation 3. Boat People: Immigrant History at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island 4. Progress Talk: Museums of Science, Technology, and Industry 5. Industrial Museums and the History of Deindustrialization 6. The Virtual Past: Media and History Museums 7. Museums and Controversy Section II 8. Mickey Mouse History: Portraying the Past at Disney World 9. Disney's America Section III 10. Preserving the Past: A History of Historic Preservation 11. Preservation Revisited Section IV 12. Ronald Reagan and the Politics of History 13. The Battle of the Enola Gay
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