Sinking Columbus: Contested History, Cultural Politics, and Mythmaking During the Quince

by John Alexander Williams and Stephen J. Summerhill

Book Overview

"An excellent book, lively and well written, and likely to appeal to a wider audience than the typical academic monograph."--William D. Phillips, Jr., author of The Worlds of Christopher Columbus S inking Columbus describes and analyzes the failure of the 1992 commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage from Spain to the New World, once "universally" hailed as the "discovery of America." Despite this failure, the book recognizes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813017998
• ISBN13: 9780813017990
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.5"