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

Kammen, Michael G.

 
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Synopsis

Assesses the role of collective memory, tradition, and patriotism in American national culture and the evolutions they have undergone

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About the Author

MICHAEL KAMMEN, the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University, was a president of the Organization of American Historians. He was the author or editor of numerous works, including People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization, which won the Pulitzer Prize for History, and A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture, awarded the Francis Parkman Prize and the Henry Adams Prize. Kammen lectured throughout the world. He died in 2013.

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ISBN 10:  0679741771 ISBN 13:  9780679741770
Publisher: Vintage Books, 1993
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