History Comes Alive

History Comes Alive
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9781469633879
ISBN-13 : 1469633876
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis History Comes Alive by : M. J. Rymsza-Pawlowska

During the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, millions of Americans engaged with the past in brand-new ways. They became absorbed by historical miniseries like Roots, visited museums with new exhibits that immersed them in the past, propelled works of historical fiction onto the bestseller list, and participated in living history events across the nation. While many of these activities were sparked by the Bicentennial, M. J. Rymsza-Pawlowska shows that, in fact, they were symptomatic of a fundamental shift in Americans' relationship to history during the 1960s and 1970s. For the majority of the twentieth century, Americans thought of the past as foundational to, but separate from, the present, and they learned and thought about history in informational terms. But Rymsza-Pawlowska argues that the popular culture of the 1970s reflected an emerging desire to engage and enact the past on a more emotional level: to consider the feelings and motivations of historic individuals and, most importantly, to use this in reevaluating both the past and the present. This thought-provoking book charts the era's shifting feeling for history, and explores how it serves as a foundation for the experience and practice of history making today.

The Bicentennial of the United States of America

The Bicentennial of the United States of America
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Total Pages : 496
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ISBN-10 : PURD:32754062028414
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Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis The Bicentennial of the United States of America by : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration

The American Revolution Bicentennial Graphics Standards Manual

The American Revolution Bicentennial Graphics Standards Manual
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Total Pages : 52
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ISBN-10 : 0692774688
ISBN-13 : 9780692774687
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis The American Revolution Bicentennial Graphics Standards Manual by : Jesse Reed

Official Graphics Standards Manual or the Official Symbol of The American Revolution Bicentennial

Glenn Brown's History of the United States Capitol

Glenn Brown's History of the United States Capitol
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Publisher : Government Printing Office
Total Pages : 674
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951D02399807H
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Rating : 4/5 (7H Downloads)

Synopsis Glenn Brown's History of the United States Capitol by : Glenn Brown

Plastics, discusses plastic as a material, the different manufacturing and processing techniques, historical uses, current uses, an explanation of the harmful effects on the environment, and how to reuse and recycle plastics. Additionally, this title features a table of contents, glossary, index, color photographs, diagrams, recycling sidebars, statistics, and recommended websites for further exploration.

The Spirit of 1976

The Spirit of 1976
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1625340427
ISBN-13 : 9781625340429
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The Spirit of 1976 by : Tammy S. Gordon

Examines the impact of the 1976 bicentennial on the way Americans celebrate the nation's past

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Total Pages : 816
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ISBN-10 : 9780817359171
ISBN-13 : 0817359176
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

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Bicentennial Times

Bicentennial Times
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Total Pages : 112
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000097221869
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Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

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Bicentennial

Bicentennial
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Publisher : Knopf
Total Pages : 97
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ISBN-10 : 9780385349819
ISBN-13 : 0385349815
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Bicentennial by : Dan Chiasson

From the acclaimed poet—a refreshing, singular collection of poems about boys and boyhood, historical cycles and personal history, memory and meaning. Bicentennial summons the world of Chiasson’s seventies childhood in Vermont: early VCRs, snow, erections, pizza, snowmobiles, high-school cliques, and the Bicentennial celebration, but his book is also an elegy for his father, whom he never knew and who died in 2009. In these poems, Chiasson movingly revisits the kind of autobiographical poems he wrote as a young man, but with a new existential awareness that individuals are always vanishing in time, and throughout the collection he ponders time’s conundrums. “All of history, even the Romans, / they happen later, tonight sleep tight,” he tells his sons at bedtime. “You’ll learn this later. Tonight, goodnight.” In the topsy-turvy world of Bicentennial, history has both happened and is waiting to happen; boys grow up to be men; men never forget what it is to be boys; and fatherhood is the best answer to fatherlessness.

The Bicentennial of the United States of America

The Bicentennial of the United States of America
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Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015011918110
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Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis The Bicentennial of the United States of America by : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration