{"product_id":"down-with-the-old-canoe-steven-biel-9780393316766","title":"Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster","description":"\u003cp\u003eProtestant sermons used the\u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e to condemn the budding consumer society (\"We know the end of . . . the undisturbed sensualists. As they sail the sea of life we know absolutely that their ship will meet disaster.\"). African American toasts and working-class ballads made the ship emblematic of the foolishness of white people and the greed of the rich. A 1950s revival framed the disaster as an \"older kind of disaster in which people had time to die.\" An ever-increasing number of \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e buffs find heroism and order in the tale. Still in the headlines (\"Titanic Baby Found Alive!\" the \u003cem\u003eWeekly World News\u003c\/em\u003e declares) and a figure of everyday speech (\"rearranging deck chairs . . .\"), the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e disaster echoes within a richly diverse, paradoxical, and fascinating America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Biel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393316769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393316766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.46w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/02\/1997 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/14\/1997","brand":"Steven Biel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992973803775,"sku":"9780393316766","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6071e694-e3ff-4876-8b5d-e535ce2c5fa0.jpg?v=1683321830","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/down-with-the-old-canoe-steven-biel-9780393316766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}