Author: Bancroft Library
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ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Catalog of Printed Books. Supplement
Author: Bancroft Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
National Union Catalog
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Sense of History
Author: David Glassberg
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ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"As Americans enter the new century, their interest in the past has never been greater. In record numbers they visit museums and historic sites, attend commemorative ceremonies and festivals, watch historically based films, and reconstruct family genealogies. The question is, Why? What are Americans looking for when they engage with the past? And how is it different from what scholars call "history"? In this book, David Glassberg surveys the shifting boundaries between the personal, public, and professional uses of the past and explores their place in the broader cultural landscape. Each chapter investigates a specific encounter between Americans and their history: the building of a pacifist war memorial in a rural Massachusetts town; the politics behind the creation of a new historical festival in San Francisco; the letters Ken Burns received in response to his film series on the Civil War; the differing perceptions among black and white residents as to what makes an urban neighborhood historic; and the efforts to identify certain places in California as worthy of commemoration. Along the way, Glassberg reflects not only on how Americans understand and use the past, but on the role of professional historians in that enterprise. Combining the latest research on American memory with insights gained from Glassberg's more than twenty years of personal experience in a variety of public history projects, Sense of History offers stimulating reading for all who care about the future of history in America."--
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"As Americans enter the new century, their interest in the past has never been greater. In record numbers they visit museums and historic sites, attend commemorative ceremonies and festivals, watch historically based films, and reconstruct family genealogies. The question is, Why? What are Americans looking for when they engage with the past? And how is it different from what scholars call "history"? In this book, David Glassberg surveys the shifting boundaries between the personal, public, and professional uses of the past and explores their place in the broader cultural landscape. Each chapter investigates a specific encounter between Americans and their history: the building of a pacifist war memorial in a rural Massachusetts town; the politics behind the creation of a new historical festival in San Francisco; the letters Ken Burns received in response to his film series on the Civil War; the differing perceptions among black and white residents as to what makes an urban neighborhood historic; and the efforts to identify certain places in California as worthy of commemoration. Along the way, Glassberg reflects not only on how Americans understand and use the past, but on the role of professional historians in that enterprise. Combining the latest research on American memory with insights gained from Glassberg's more than twenty years of personal experience in a variety of public history projects, Sense of History offers stimulating reading for all who care about the future of history in America."--
New Arrivals in Californiana
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An E Clampus Vitus Hoax Goes Awry
Author: Robert Joseph Chandler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999648605
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999648605
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The Clampers and Their Hoax(es)
Author: James M. Spitze
Publisher: Bancroft Library
ISBN: 9781893663497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher: Bancroft Library
ISBN: 9781893663497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description