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

 
9780813021041: Myth, Memory and the Making of the American Landscape
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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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.

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

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