03895nam 2200709Ia 450 991081947440332120230422045512.00-19-771130-80-19-028476-51-280-96584-397866109658470-19-802989-6(CKB)1000000000549319(EBL)431045(OCoLC)404937941(SSID)ssj0000102311(PQKBManifestationID)11124986(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102311(PQKBWorkID)10049862(PQKB)10129177(SSID)ssj0001142323(PQKBManifestationID)12541547(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001142323(PQKBWorkID)11098543(PQKB)10979730(Au-PeEL)EBL431045(CaPaEBR)ebr10269041(CaONFJC)MIL96584(MiAaPQ)EBC431045(EXLCZ)99100000000054931920001013d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmerican places[electronic resource] encounters with history : a celebration of Sheldon Meyer /edited by William E. LeuchtenburgNew York Oxford University Press20001 online resource (417 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-515245-X 0-19-513026-X Includes bibliographical references.CONTENTS; PREFACE; TAKING PLACE; CYBERSPACE, U.S.A.; PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE: The Avenue of the Presidents; A MONUMENT FOR BARRE: Memory in a Massachusetts Town; GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA: A Window on Race in the American South; WORLD WAR II NORMANDY: American Cemetery and Memorial; THE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL, WASHINGTON, D.C.; THE AMERICANIZED MANNHEIM OF 1945-1946; VASSAR COLLEGE; A FAN'S HOMAGE TO FENWAY: (Or, Why We Love It When They Always Break Our Hearts); FINDING HISTORY IN WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA; BOSTON COMMON; CHARLESTON'S BATTERY AND NEW ORLEANS'S JACKSON SQUARECLIMBING STONE MOUNTAIN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: The Rise and Fall of Main Street; ILLINOIS'S OLD STATE CAPITOL: A Tale of Two Speeches; ""A LITTLE JOURNEY"": Elbert Hubbard and the Roycroft Community at East Aurora, New York; SAN JUAN ISLAND, WASHINGTON: The ""Pig War"" and the Vagaries of Identity and History; 1048 FIFTH AVENUE; QUEENS; GETTYSBURG; MONTICELLO; THE MUSSO & FRANK GRILL IN HOLLYWOOD; THE POLO GROUNDS; NASSAU HALL, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY; GRACELAND; MONTGOMERY; THE GRAND CANYON; SEWANEE-HOW TO MAKE A YANKEE SOUTHERN: Memories of the 1940's; NOTESIntroduction, William Leuchtenburg. Cyberspace, U.S.A., Edward L. Ayers. Pennsylvania Avenue: The Avenue of The Presidents, Paul Boller, Jr. A Monument for Barre: Memory in a Massachusetts Town, T. H. Breen. Greensboro, North Carolina: A Window on Race in the American South, William H. Chafe. World War II Normandy: American Cemetery and Memorial, James C. Cobb. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C., Robert Dallek. The Americanized Mannheim of 1945-1946, David Brion Davis. Vassar College, Carl N. Degler. A Fan's Homage to Fenway, John Demos. Finding History in Woodside, CaliforniHistoriansUnited StatesBiographyAnecdotesHistoric sitesUnited StatesAnecdotesUnited StatesDescription and travelAnecdotesUnited StatesHistory, LocalAnecdotesHistoriansHistoric sites973Leuchtenburg William Edward1922-127343Meyer Sheldon1626624MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819474403321American places3962760UNINA