Contested Commemoration in U.S. History: Diverging Public Interpretations

by Melissa Bender and Klara Szlezak

Book Overview

Against the backdrop of two recent socio-political developments--the shift from the Obama to the Trump administration and the surge in nationalist and populist sentiment that ushered in the current administration--Contested Commemoration in U.S. History presents eleven essays focused on practices of remembering contested events in America's national history.

This edited volume contains fresh interpretations of public history and collective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367249480
• ISBN13: 9780367249489
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"