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" Cultural movements and collective memory : "
Timothy Kubal.
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BL
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1015509
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b769879
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Kubal, Timothy.
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Cultural movements and collective memory : : Christopher Columbus and the rewriting of the national origin myth /\ Timothy Kubal.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2008.
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xv, 261 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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1403975779
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: 9781403975775
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.
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| Contents
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Rediscovering -- Patriotic -- Religious -- Ethnic : American indian -- Ethnic : Hispanic american -- Ethnic : Italian American -- Anticolonial -- Remembering and forgetting.
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"Christopher Columbus is a historical figure and a symbol of the U.S. national origin myth. This myth has served many needs and interests. In the late eighteenth century, Columbus commemorations began, and have continued for centuries as a patriotic celebration used to rally the public during wartimes, develop identity boundaries, praise patriotic obedience. and celebrate change as progress. This state sponsored holiday was not simply a day to meet the interests of those in power, but became an important time for mobilization among relatively powerless groups." "Why can some powerless groups rewrite the past? Professor Kubal, a specialist in social movements and culture, uses political process theory to examine the four most successful cultural movements that have mobilized around Columbus. He examines three centuries of commemoration and argues that patriotic, religious, ethnic, and anti-colonial movements were most successful at rewriting the national origin myth because they took advantage of political opportunities, efficiently mobilized resources, and effectively framed their communication. The book provides a clear application of the political process model and tells an interesting, sometimes humorous story of how the powerless public can mobilize to rewrite the past."--Jacket.
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Columbus, Christopher.
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Columbus, Christofer,1451-1506-- influenser.
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Columbus, Christopher.
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Collective memory-- United States.
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Group identity-- United States.
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Collective memory.
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Discovery and exploration, Spanish.
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Entdeckung.
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Group identity.
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Kollektives Gedächtnis.
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Nationalbewusstsein.
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Nationalism-- Förenta staterna.
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Entdeckung.
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Kollektives Gedächtnis.
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Nationalbewusstsein.
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America, Discovery and exploration, Spanish.
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America.
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Amerika.
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Amerika.
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United States.
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USA.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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970.01/5072
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HM1027.U6K82 2008
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K703clc
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