Memory's Nation: The Place of Plymouth RockUniv of North Carolina Press, 9 лист. 2000 р. - 720 стор. Long celebrated as a symbol of the country's origins, Plymouth Rock no longer receives much national attention. In fact, historians now generally agree that the Pilgrims' storied landing on the Rock never actually took place--the tradition having emerged more than a century after the arrival of the Mayflower. In Memory's Nation, however, John Seelye is not interested in the factual truth of the landing. He argues that what truly gives Plymouth Rock its significance is more than two centuries of oratorical, literary, and artistic celebrations of the Pilgrims' arrival. Seelye traces how different political, religious, and social groups used the image of the Rock on behalf of their own specific causes and ideologies. Drawing on a wealth of speeches, paintings, and popular illustrations, he shows how Plymouth Rock changed in meaning over the years, beginning as a symbol of freedom evoked in patriotic sermons at the start of the Revolution and eventually becoming an icon of exclusion during the 1920s. Originally published in 1998. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value. |
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Carving a Face on the Rock | |
Michel Felice Corné The Landing of the Forefathers ca 17981800 | |
Feminizing the Rock | |
Under the RockSomething for Bowdoin | |
Cutting a Colossus from the Rock | |
The Rocks Red Glare | |
Brooklyn NightsSomething by Way of Lighter Fare | |
The Stern and RockBound Lodge | |
Circumferential Matters Relating to the Rock 7 The Great TrinitarianUnitarianCongregational Battle over the Ownership of the Pilgrims and Their Ro... | |
Concerning Certain Flaws in the Rock | |
The Rock Rolled Back | |
Tabling the Rock | |
Jenny Brownscombe The Landing of the Pilgrims ca 1920 18 | |
Written on the Rock | |
Setting Free the Rock | |
Rock Ballast for the Ship of State | |
Wherein the Rock Becomes a Rolling Stone | |
Wherein the Rock Gets Reconstructed | |
The Pilgrim Fathers Where Are They? | |
The Rock Impounded | |
The Statue and the Rock | |
A Forwarding Address | |
Bibliography | |
Acknowledgments Index 675 | |
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