States of Memory: Continuities, Conflicts, and Transformations in National Retrospection

by Jeffrey K. Olick

Book Overview

States of Memory illuminates the construction of national memory from a comparative perspective. The essays collected here emphasize that memory itself has a history: not only do particular meanings change, but the very faculty of memory--its place in social relations and the forms it takes--varies over time. Integrating theories of memory and nationalism with case studies, these essays stake a vital middle ground between particular and universal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822330636
• ISBN13: 9780822330639
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"