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1 online resource |
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New perspectives on the American presidency |
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New perspectives on the American presidency
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| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- An introduction to presidential legacy -- 1 Presidential temples: America's presidential libraries and centers from the 1930s to today -- 2 Presidential legacy: A literary problem -- 3 Pennsylvania Avenue meets Madison Avenue: The White House and commercial advertising -- 4 Eisenhower's Farewell Address in history and memory -- 5 Pageantry, performance, and statecraft: Diplomacy and the presidential image -- 6 "You've got to decide how you want history to remember you": The legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson in film and television |
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7 The farewell tour: Presidential travel and legacy building -- 8 Reflecting or reshaping?: Landmark anniversaries and presidential legacy -- 9 From a "new paradigm" to "memorial sprawl": The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Memorial -- 10 Top Trumps: Presidential legacies, new technologies, and a new generation -- Epilogue: Confessions of a presidential biographer -- Index |
| Summary |
World-leading experts take a multi-disciplinary approach to explore how presidents, including Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Eisenhower, Reagan, Obama and Trump, are remembered in film, museums, public art, political invocations, pop culture, literature and evolving technological advancements |
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Presidents -- United States -- Evaluation
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Political leadership -- United States -- Evaluation
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Collective memory -- United States
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HISTORY / North America
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Collective memory
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Political leadership -- Evaluation
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Presidents -- Evaluation
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cullinane, Michael Patrick, 1979- editor
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Ellis, Sylvia, editor
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| ISBN |
9781474437332 |
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1474437338 |
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9781474437349 |
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1474437346 |
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