{"product_id":"mystic-chords-of-memory-michael-kammen-9780679741770","title":"Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMystic Chords of Memory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Illustrated with hundreds of well-chosen anecdotes and minute observations . . . Kammen is a demon researcher who seems to have mined his nuggets from the entire corpus of American cultural history. . . . Insightful and sardonic.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this groundbreaking, panoramic work of American cultural history, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Machine That Would Go of Itself\u003c\/i\u003e examines a central paradox of our national identity. How did \"the land of the future\" acquire a past? And to what extent has our collective memory of that past--as embodied in our traditions--been distorted, or even manufactured? Ranging from John Adams to Ronald Reagan, from the origins of Independence Day celebrations to the controversies surrounding the Vietnam War Memorial, from the Daughters of the American Revolution to immigrant associations, and filled with incisive analyses of such phenonema as Americana and its collectors, \"historic\" villages and Disneyland, \u003ci\u003eMystic Chords of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant, immensely readable, and enormously important book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fascinating . . . a subtle and teeming narrative . . . masterly.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is a big, ambitious book, and Kammen pulls it off admirably. . . . [He] brings a prodigious mind and much scholarly rigor to his task. . . . An important book--and a revealing look at how Americans look at themselves.\"--\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Kammen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679741771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679741770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.12w x 1.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/14\/1999 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/11\/1993","brand":"Michael Kammen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946920444159,"sku":"9780679741770","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_636665e2-5fd9-4cbc-826d-18d5c68c3964.jpg?v=1681515753","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mystic-chords-of-memory-michael-kammen-9780679741770","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}