Mickey Mouse History and Other Essays on American Memory
by Michael Wallace
Temple University Press, 1996
Paper: 978-1-56639-445-1
Library of Congress Classification E172.W35 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.075
TOC
Contents
Introduction. Battlefields of Memory
Section I
Visiting the Past: History Museums in the United States
Razor Ribbons, History Museums, and Civic Salvation
Boat People: Immigrant History at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Progress Talk: Museums of Science, Technology, and Industry
Industrial Museums and the History of Deindustrialization
The Virtual Past: Media and History Museums
Museums and Controversy
Section II
Mickey Mouse History: Portraying the Past at Disney World
Disney's America
Section III
Preserving the Past: A History of Historic Preservation in the United States
Preservation Revisited
Section IV
Ronald Reagan and the Politics of History
The Battle of the Enola Gay
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