American places [[electronic resource] ] : encounters with history : a celebration of Sheldon Meyer / / edited by William E. Leuchtenburg

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Disciplina: 973
• Soggetto topico: Historians - United States; Historic sites - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Description and travel Anecdotes; United States History, Local Anecdotes
• Altri autori: LeuchtenburgWilliam Edward <1922-> MeyerSheldon
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 SQUARE ; CLIMBING 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; NOTES
• Sommario/riassunto: Introduction, 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, Californi
• Titolo autorizzato: American places
• ISBN: 0-19-771130-8; 0-19-028476-5; 1-280-96584-3; 9786610965847; 0-19-802989-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782355103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II