In the Past Lane

Historical Perspectives on American Culture

• Author(s): Michael Kammen,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 277
• ISBN_10: 0197713890
  ISBN_13: 9780197713891
  
• Language: en

Description:... This text brings together a decade of writing from cultural historian, Michael Kammen. Topics include: the role of the historian; the relationship between culture and the State; uses of tradition in American commercial culture; and memory distortion in American history.