America redux : visual stories from our dynamic history
Title:
America redux : visual stories from our dynamic history
Author:
Aberg-Riger, Ariel, author.
ISBN:
9780063057531
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
v, 294 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
General Note:
"Fully illustrated with collaged archival photographs, maps, documents, graphic elements, and handwritten text"--Front cover flap.
Contents:
Preface -- The good old days -- Let freedom ring -- Spreading democracy -- A nation of immigrants -- Traditional family values -- One nation under God -- Home of the brave -- Give me liberty -- Good guy with a gun -- A new world -- This land is your land -- A car in every garage -- White picket fences -- Wish you were here -- As American as -- The old ballgame -- Down on the farm -- Made in America -- Streets paved with gold -- Nose to the grindstone -- We the people.
Abstract:
"America Redux explores the themes that create our shared sense of American identity and interrogates the myths we've been telling ourselves for centuries. With iconic American catchphrases as chapter titles, these twenty-one visual stories illuminate the astonishing, unexpected, sometimes darker sides of history that reverberate in our society to this very day--from the role of celebrity in immigration policy to the influence of one small group of white women on education to the effects of 'progress' on housing and the environment, to the inspiring force of collective action and mutual aid across decades and among diverse groups."--Front cover flap.
