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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461418203321

Autore

Hogan Jackie <1967->

Titolo

Lincoln, Inc [[electronic resource] ] : selling the sixteenth president in contemporary America / / Jackie Hogan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011

ISBN

9781442209565

1442209569

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Disciplina

973.7092

Soggetti

Public opinion - United States

Market segmentation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Lincoln, Inc.: Selling the Sixteenth President; Chapter 2: Mr. Lincoln's Coattails: Marketing, Memorabilia, and Presidential Tourism; Chapter 3: Packaging the President: Lincoln Biographies; Chapter 4: Telling Fictions: Lincoln in Literature, Television, and Film; Chapter 5: What Would Lincoln Do? The Sixteenth President in Twenty-First-Century Politics; Chapter 6: A Is for Abe: Teaching Lincoln; Chapter 7: Lincoln under Glass: The Great Emancipator in American Museums; Chapter 8: Selling Lincoln: Who Do We Think We Are?; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span style=""padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;""><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Lincoln, Inc.</span><span> is an engaging examination of the uses and abuses of the sixteenth president's image in America today. Whether in political campaigns, blockbuster films, school pageants, or soft drink advertisements, the use of the Lincoln image reveals who we think we are as a nation, and who we wish we could be.</span></span></span>



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255449003321

Autore

Pijl Kees van der

Titolo

Nomads, empires, states [[electronic resource] ] : modes of foreign relations and political economy. Volume 1 / / Kees van der Pijl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pluto Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-73304-0

9786611733049

1-84964-341-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Nomads, empires, states

Disciplina

327

Soggetti

International relations - History

Marxian historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Winner of the Deutscher Memorial Prize 2008.'For years to come, this is a book that will be essential reading.' Robert Albritton, Professor Emeritus, York University, Canada'A majesterial account of; foreign relations; that is at once conceptually innovative and deeply historical. This impressive work deserves a very wide readership.' Dr Randall Germain, Associate Professor, Carleton University, Canada. 'A pioneering and ambitious work, rich in conceptual adjudication and historical detail ... Kees van der Pijl argues [in favour of] a reformulation of international relations theory and history as a whole. A work of scholarship, imagination, cogency and irreducible humanistic optimism.' Professor Fred Halliday, London School of Economics'An intellectual tour de force! This important, innovative and insightful book challenges the dominant Euro-centric and state-centric approach to international relations.' Susanne Soederberg, Canada Research Chair, Department of Development Studies, Queen's University, Canada. 'A masterful work of historical materialism.' Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Professor of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz'Kees presents his analysis without being encumbered by a nation-state centric framework. His highly accessible tour-de-force is rich, provocative and



interesting.' George Wright, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, California State University'Tracing the history of &quote;foreign relations;  Kees van der Pijl shows that they are inscribed in daily life. Nomads, Empires, States is an artful study that redefines the field of international studies.' James H. Mittelman, Professor, American University, Washington, DC This book breaks new ground in the way we think about international relations theory.Kees van der Pijl argues that by making the;nation-state; the focus of international relations, the discipline has become Euro-centric and a-historical. Theories of imperialism and historic civilizations, and their relation to world order, have been discarded. With more than half the world's population living in cities, with unprecedented levels of migration, global politics is present on every street corner. The international is no longer only a balance of power among states, but includes tribal relations making a comeback in various ways. Outlining a new approach to IR theory, the book makes a case for a re-reading of world history in terms of foreign relations, and shows what it reveals about both our past and our future.