Souvenir Nation
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Souvenir Nation
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Author : William L. Bird, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 2013-10-22
Souvenir Nation written by William L. Bird, Jr. and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Buried within the collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History exists an astonishing group of historical relics from the pre-Revolutionary War era to the present day, many of which have never been on display. Donated to the museum by generations of souvenir collectors, these ordinary objects of extraordinary circumstance all have amazing tales to tell about their roles in American history. Souvenir Nation presents fifty of the museum's most eccentric items. Objects include a chunk broken off Plymouth Rock; a lock of Andrew Jackson's hair; a dish towel used as the flag of truce to end the Civil War; the microphones used by FDR for his Fireside Chats; and the chairs that seated Nixon and Kennedy in their 1960 television debate.
The Birth Of A Nation
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1915
The Birth Of A Nation written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1915 with categories.
National Museum Of African American History And Culture
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Author : Nat'l Museum African American Hist/Cult
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2016-09-27
National Museum Of African American History And Culture written by Nat'l Museum African American Hist/Cult and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-27 with History categories.
This souvenir book showcases some of the most influential and important treasures of the National Museum of African American History and Culture's collections. These include a hymn book owned by Harriet Tubman; ankle shackles used to restrain enslaved people on ships during the Middle Passage; a dress that Rosa Parks was making shortly before she was arrested; a vintage, open-cockpit Tuskegee Airmen trainer plane; Muhammad Ali's headgear; an 1835 Bill of Sale enslaving a young girl named Polly; and Chuck Berry's Cadillac. These objects tell us the full story of African American history, of triumphs and tragedies and highs and lows. This book, like the museum it represents, uses artifacts of African American history and culture as a lens into what it means to be an American.
Gift To The Nation
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Gift To The Nation written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.
The Property Of The Nation
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Author : Matthew R. Costello
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2021-12-03
The Property Of The Nation written by Matthew R. Costello and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-03 with History categories.
George Washington was an affluent slave owner who believed that republicanism and social hierarchy were vital to the young country’s survival. And yet, he remains largely free of the “elitist” label affixed to his contemporaries, as Washington evolved in public memory during the nineteenth century into a man of the common people, the father of democracy. This memory, we learn in The Property of the Nation, was a deliberately constructed image, shaped and reshaped over time, generally in service of one cause or another. Matthew R. Costello traces this process through the story of Washington’s tomb, whose history and popularity reflect the building of a memory of America’s first president—of, by, and for the American people. Washington’s resting place at his beloved Mount Vernon estate was at times as contested as his iconic image; and in Costello’s telling, the many attempts to move the first president’s bodily remains offer greater insight to the issue of memory and hero worship in early America. While describing the efforts of politicians, business owners, artists, and storytellers to define, influence, and profit from the memory of Washington at Mount Vernon, this book’s main focus is the memory-making process that took place among American citizens. As public access to the tomb increased over time, more and more ordinary Americans were drawn to Mount Vernon, and their participation in this nationalistic ritual helped further democratize Washington in the popular imagination. Shifting our attention from official days of commemoration and publicly orchestrated events to spontaneous visits by citizens, Costello’s book clearly demonstrates in compelling detail how the memory of George Washington slowly but surely became The Property of the Nation.
A Digital Gift To The Nation
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Author : Lawrence K. Grossman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
A Digital Gift To The Nation written by Lawrence K. Grossman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Business & Economics categories.
As the United States enters the new century, technological advances have the power to transform commerce, the public sector, and how citizens interact. This volume, part of the multiyear Digital Promise project administered by The Century Foundation, examines emerging technologies including wireless telephones, electronic data transmission, and Internet communications and how they impact educational, cultural, and other nonprofit organizations. The book features a report prepared by Lawrence K. Grossman, former president of NBC News and PBS, and Newton Minow, former chairman of the FCC and PBS, two of the leading intellectuals on public telecommunications matters. They offer specific policy recommendations for securing and protecting the public's interest in the ongoing technology revolution. Specifically, Grossman and Minow suggest creating a "Digital Information Trust," modeled after the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts of the nineteenth century. The trust fund would be financed by revenues from the federal government's sale or lease of electromagnetic spectrum and would be used to support the work of a range of educational and nonprofit groups.Other contributors include Les Brown (Fordham University), Marion R. Fremont-Smith (Harvard University), Richard Kimball (Project Vote Smart) and Mark Lloyd (Civil Rights Forum on Communications Policy).
Historical Souvenir And Book Of The Pageants Of The 300th Anniversary Of The Founding Of Quebec
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Author : Nation National Battlefields Commission
language : en
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Release Date : 2015-08-21
Historical Souvenir And Book Of The Pageants Of The 300th Anniversary Of The Founding Of Quebec written by Nation National Battlefields Commission and has been published by Sagwan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-21 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A Sporting Nation
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Author : Paul Cliff
language : en
Publisher: National Library Australia
Release Date : 1999
A Sporting Nation written by Paul Cliff and has been published by National Library Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Popular culture categories.
A Sporting Nation will appeal equally to the serious sports enthusiast and mainstream reader. Its main text comprises excerpts from the Library's oral history recordings, with additional features by Olympian Marlene Mathews, and Eric Rolls and Marion Halligan.Twenty-six richly illustrated features present a broad and popular sweep through the nation's sporting culture, opening with a recollection of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and a survey of the Sydney 2000 Games by Marlene Mathews.
Contesting Bodies And Nation In Canadian History
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Author : Patrizia Gentile
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2013-12-06
Contesting Bodies And Nation In Canadian History written by Patrizia Gentile and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-06 with History categories.
From fur coats to nude paintings, and from sports to beauty contests, the body has been central to the literal and figurative fashioning of ourselves as individuals and as a nation. In this first collection on the history of the body in Canada, an interdisciplinary group of scholars explores the multiple ways the body has served as a site of contestation in Canadian history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Showcasing a variety of methodological approaches, Contesting Bodies and Nation in Canadian History includes essays on many themes that engage with the larger historical relationship between the body and nation: medicine and health, fashion and consumer culture, citizenship and work, and more. The contributors reflect on the intersections of bodies with the concept of nationhood, as well as how understandings of the body are historically contingent. The volume is capped off with a critical introductory chapter by the editors on the history of bodies and the development of the body as a category of analysis.
Flawed Yet Fabulous
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Author : Pastor Jenn
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2009-08-20
Flawed Yet Fabulous written by Pastor Jenn and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-20 with Travel categories.
Pictoral book of my tour through Washington DC and Arlington National Cemetary