02492nam 2200625 a 450 991081884630332120240418054535.00-299-28903-61-283-99105-5(CKB)2550000000996628(OCoLC)827842007(CaPaEBR)ebrary10650680(SSID)ssj0000821659(PQKBManifestationID)11524093(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821659(PQKBWorkID)10879506(PQKB)11335985(MiAaPQ)EBC3445291(OCoLC)859687319(MdBmJHUP)muse19174(Au-PeEL)EBL3445291(CaPaEBR)ebr10650680(CaONFJC)MIL430355(EXLCZ)99255000000099662820120322d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChanneling the past[electronic resource] politicizing history in postwar America /Erik Christiansen1st ed.Madison University of Wisconsin Pressc20131 online resource (320 p.) Studies in American thought and cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-299-28904-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: History's Past Presence -- 1. The History Book Club Offers the Past as an "Image of Ourselves" -- 2. Mythologizing History on Du Pont's Cavalcade of America -- 3. History, News, and You Are There -- 4. The Freedom Train's Narrow-Gauge Iconography -- 5. Building a "National Shrine" at the National Museum of American History -- Conclusion: Once and Future Truths -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.Studies in American thought and culture.Public historyPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryHistory in popular cultureUnited StatesMass media and historyUnited StatesPublic historyPolitical aspectsHistoryHistory in popular cultureMass media and history302.2309Christiansen Erik1974-1648546MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818846303321Channeling the past3996777UNINA