Myth, Memory and the Making of the American Landscape - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813021049 ISBN 13: 9780813021041

Publisher: University Press of Florida, 2001

Synopsis

The authors in this collection show how, through a range of case studies, the creation of a collective memory of highly visible objects and landscapes is an ongoing struggle, their meanings always being constructed, changed, and challenged. The sites and symbols the authors address are nationally recognized and include a balance of places that illuminate class, ethnic, racial, and historical experiences. Focusing on material culture, they explore the tensions that exist among various groups - elite landowners, the National Park Service, preservationists, minority groups - who compete for control over the interpretation of American public history.

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Review:

""Myth, Memory, and the Making of the American Landscape clearly demonstrates the power of memory and historical 'fact' in shaping contemporary society and politics. In so doing, it illustrates the importance of seeking out the multiple histories that surround the sites and landscapes that we study."

About the Author:

Paul A. Shackel, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Maryland, is the author of Archaeology and Created Memory: Public History in a National Park; Culture Change and the New Technology: An Archaeology of the Early American Industrial Era; and Personal Discipline and Material Culture: An Archaeology of Annapolis, Maryland, 1695-1870.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0813021049
• ISBN 13: 9780813021041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Paul A. Shackel