Title:
The memory of '76 : the revolution in American history / Michael D. Hattem.
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9780300270877
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Publication Information:
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2024]
©2024
Physical Description:
xii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Part one. Democratizing the revolution, 1800-1826. Fourth of July and partisan histories -- Creating the "father of the nation" -- Ordinary soldiers and the Marquis -- Adams, Jefferson, and the Jubilee -- Part two. Sectionalizing the revolution, 1826-1865. Abolitionist revolution -- Seneca Falls and Mount Vernon -- Creating an antislavery revolution -- Confederate revolution -- Part three. Nationalizing the revolution, 1863-1915. Creating the Centennial -- Contesting the Centennial -- Immigrants and patriotic societies -- Liberty Bell -- Part four. Modernizing the revolution, 1890-1945. "Founding fathers" for the twentieth century -- Progressive revolution -- Creating Monticello and colonial Williamsburg -- Depression's revolution -- Part five. Americanizing the revolution, 1945-1970. Founders' papers -- Visiting the revolution -- Cold War's revolution -- Sixties' revolution -- Part six. Contesting the revolution, 1970-2001. Creating the Bicentennial -- Alternative Bicentennial -- Afterlife of the Bicentennial -- Aftermath of the Cold War -- Epilogue. Revolution in the new millennium.
Summary:
"In this sweeping take on American history, Michael D. Hattem reveals how conflicts over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution--including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution--have influenced the most important events and tumultuous periods in the nation's history; how African Americans, women, and other oppressed groups have shaped the popular memory of the Revolution; and how much of our contemporary memory of the Revolution is a product of the Cold War. By exploring the Revolution's unique role in American history as a national origin myth, Hattem shows how the meaning of the Revolution has never been fixed, how remembering the nation's founding has often done far more to divide Americans than to unite them, and how revising the past is an important and long‑standing American political tradition." -- Adapted from publisher's description.
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OCLC Number:
on1405843965
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