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Channeling the past : politicizing history in postwar America / Erik Christiansen.

Author: Christiansen, Erik, 1974-

Imprint:Madison, Wis. : The University of Wisconsin Press, c2013.

Descriptionxiv, 302 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:The history book club offers the past as an "Image of ourselves" -- Mythologizing history on Du Pont's Cavalcade of America -- History, news, and You are There -- The freedom train's narrow-gauge iconography -- Building a "National Shrine" at the national museum of American history -- Conclusion: Once and future truths.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-295) and index.



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Christiansen, Erik, 1974-
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Studies in American thought and culture
Subject:
Public history -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
History in popular culture -- United States.
Mass media and history -- United States.