Mickey Mouse history and other essays on American memory / Mike Wallace.
By: Wallace, Mike
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TextSeries: Critical perspectives on the past: Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1996Description: xiv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1566394457 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1566394449 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Historical museums -- United States | Historic sites -- Interpretive programs -- United States | Historic preservation -- United StatesDDC classification: 973/.075 LOC classification: E172 | .W35 1996Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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John Bulow Campbell Library | 1 West | E172 .W35 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182902368709 |
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Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : Battlefields of memory -- 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 -- Mickey Mouse history : portraying the past at Disney World -- Disney's America -- Preserving the past : a history of historic preservation in the United States -- Preservation revisited -- Ronald Reagan and the politics of history -- The battle of the Enola Gay.