The Spirit of 1976: Commerce, Community, and the Politics of Commemoration

by Tammy Gordon and Tammy S. Gordon

The most important national commemoration of the twentieth century, the 1976 bicentennial celebration gave rise to a broad-ranging debate over how the American Revolution should be remembered and represented. Federal planners seeking an uncritical glorification of the nation's founding came up against an array of constituencies with other interests and objectives. Inspired by the "new social history" that looked at the past "from the bottom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625340435
• ISBN13: 9781625340436
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher