
Myth, Memory and the Making of the American Landscape
Paul A. Shackel(Editor)
University Press of Florida
Published on 30. September 2001
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-8130-2104-1 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Florida
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
38 b&w photographs, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
598 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8130-2104-1 (9780813021041)
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Myth, Memory, and the Making of the American Landscape
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Persons
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.