Recycling the Past : : Popular Uses of American History / / Leila Zenderland.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• HerausgeberIn: Zenderland, Leila,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (152 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: Uses of the Past --; Fictions of Merry Mount --; In Search of "The Spirit of '76" --; Words as Social Control: Noah Webster and the Creation of the American Dictionary --; Uncle Tom Reconstructed: A Neglected Chapter in the History of a Book --; Constance Rourke in Context: The Uses of Myth --; "History with Lightning": The Forgotten Film Wilson --; Tradition And Diplomatic Talent: The Case Of The Cold Warriors --; Contributors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512819496; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512819496
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Leila Zenderland.

This is a book that explores in detail the use that Americans have made of their history for commercial, cultural, and ideological purposes. It focuses on popular adaptations of historical incidents and artifacts to reveal how successive generations of Americans have been able to adapt their heritage to address the needs of their contemporaries. Further, it indicates how the past has helped to shape the attitudes of later generations toward their own society.