02841nam 2200601Ia 450 991045415970332120200520144314.01-280-83317-397866108331770-19-802713-3(CKB)1000000000578965(EBL)271662(OCoLC)476007940(SSID)ssj0000177933(PQKBManifestationID)11177538(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177933(PQKBWorkID)10219130(PQKB)10732048(MiAaPQ)EBC271662(Au-PeEL)EBL271662(CaPaEBR)ebr10358481(CaONFJC)MIL83317(EXLCZ)99100000000057896519970507h19991997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the past lane[electronic resource] historical perspectives on American culture /Michael KammenNew York ;Toronto Oxford University Press1999, c19971 online resource (296 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-511111-7 0-19-513091-X Contents; Introduction; I: THE PERSONAL AND THE PROFESSIONAL; 1. Personal Identity and the Historian's Vocation; II: PERCEPTIONS OF CULTURE AND PUBLIC LIFE; 2. Culture and the State in America; 3. Temples of Justice: The Iconography of Judgment and American Culture; 4. ""Our Idealism Is Practical"": Emerging Uses of Tradition in American Commercial Culture, 1889-1936; 5. The Enduring Challenges and Changing Role of Cultural Institutions; III: CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF THE PAST; 6. Myth, Memory, and Amnesia in American Historical Art; 7. The Problem of American Exceptionalism: A Reconsideration8. Some Patterns and Meanings of Memory Distortion in American History9. History Is Our Heritage: The Past in Contemporary American Culture; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; CreditsMichael Kammen is a major American historian, whose books have received the Bancroft and Parkman prizes. This book collects his essays on American culture, of which he is one of the major historians.MemorySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryPopular cultureUnited StatesHistoriographyUnited StatesSocial life and customsHistoriographyElectronic books.MemorySocial aspectsHistory.Popular cultureHistoriography.973/.072Kammen Michael G901392MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454159703321In the past lane2265210UNINA