"USA." . . "Zivilisation." . . "Tradition Geschichte USA Geschichte." . . "Stati Uniti d'America - Cultura." . . "Histoire des mentalités États-Unis." . . "Collectief geheugen." . . . . "Geschichtsbewusstsein USA Geschichte." . . "Patriotism." . . "Geschichte Tradition USA Geschichte." . . "culture tradition Etats-Unis 1870 / 1990." . . "Nationale identiteit." . . "Tradition." . . "Patriotism United States." . . "HISTORY / United States / General." . . "Memory." . . "Fosterlandskärlek Förenta Staterna." . . "1870-1990" . . "Nationalisme États-Unis." . . "Patriotisme États-Unis." . . "Patriotisme - États-Unis." . . . . . . . . . . . "The mystic chords of memory : the transformation of tradition in American culture"@en . . . . . "Mystic chords of memory the transformation of tradition in american culture"@en . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "Mystic chords of memory : the transformation of tradition in american culture" . . . . . . . . . . "Mystic chords of memory the transformation of tradition in American culture" . "Mystic chords of memory the transformation of tradition in American culture"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Mystic chords of memory : the transformation of tradition in American culture" . . . . . . "Mystic Chords of Memory \"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.\" 'Washington Post Book World In this ground-breaking, panoramic work of American cultural history, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Machine That Would Go of Itself 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'have 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, Mystic Chords of Memory is a brilliant, immensely readable, and enormously important book. \"Fascinating . . . a subtle and teeming narrative . . . masterly.\" 'Time \"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 importnat book'and a revealing look at how Americans look at themselves.\" 'Milwaukee Journal."@en . . . "In this ground-breaking, panoramic work of American cultural history, the author 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 inclusive analyses of such phenomena as Americana and its collectors, \"historic\" villages and Disneyland, Mystic Chords of Memory is a brilliant, immensely readable, and enormously important book.--" . . "Mystic chords of memory : the transformation of tradition inAmerican culture" . "Patriotismus." . . "identité nationale mémoire collective Etats-Unis 1870 / 1990." . . "Patriottismo - Stati Uniti d'America." . . "Erinnerung Geschichte USA Geschichte." . . "Geschichte." . . "Mémoire Aspect social États-Unis." . . "Mémoire - Aspect social - États-Unis." . "Traditie." . . "Memory Social aspects United States." . . "Estados Unidos" . . "Memoria colectiva Estados Unidos." . . "Verenigde Staten." . . "États-Unis - Civilisation." . . "Mémoire collective États-Unis." . . "Geschichte (1870-1990)" . . "Geschichte 1870-1990." . "Patriotismus USA Geschichte." . . "États-Unis" . . "HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General" . . "Cultuurgeschiedenis." . . "Geschichte Erinnerung USA Geschichte." . . "United States" . . "United States." .