{"product_id":"stamping-american-memory-sheila-brennan-9780472038763","title":"Stamping American Memory: Collectors, Citizens, and the Post","description":"Winner of the University of Michigan Press \/ Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Prize for Notable Work in the Digital Humanities \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the age of digital communications, it can be difficult to imagine a time when the meaning and imagery of stamps was politically volatile. While millions of Americans collected stamps from the 1880s to the 1940s, \u003ci\u003eStamping American Memory\u003c\/i\u003e is the first scholarly examination of stamp collecting culture and how stamps enabled citizens to engage their federal government in conversations about national life in early-twentieth-century America. By examining the civic conversations that emerged around stamp subjects and imagery, this work brings to light the role that these underexamined historical artifacts have played in carrying political messages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sheila A. Brennan crafts a fresh synthesis that explores how the US postal service shaped Americans' concepts of national belonging, citizenship, and race through its commemorative stamp program. Designed to be saved as souvenirs, commemoratives circulated widely and stood as miniature memorials to carefully selected snapshots from the American past that also served the political needs of small interest groups. \u003ci\u003eStamping American Memory\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the histories of the US postal service and the federal government, collecting, and philately through the lenses of material culture and memory to make a significant contribution to our understanding of this period in American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheila Brennan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472038761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472038763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Sheila Brennan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982650212607,"sku":"9780472038763","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd9cacd5-07a7-4e6e-be67-b7674af9464a.jpg?v=1683262323","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stamping-american-memory-sheila-brennan-9780472038763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}