Mourning the presidents : loss and legacy in American culture /
"Mourning the Presidents is the first volume to examine comprehensively the mourning rituals surrounding the passing of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to George Bush Sr. This book offers a detailed and coherent look at the ways in which Americans across four centuries have grappled wit...
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2023.
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| Series: | Miller Center studies on the presidency.
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| Acceso en liña: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.949059 |
| Summary: | "Mourning the Presidents is the first volume to examine comprehensively the mourning rituals surrounding the passing of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to George Bush Sr. This book offers a detailed and coherent look at the ways in which Americans across four centuries have grappled with grief and complex legacies and examines in depth the power of the presidency to divide or unite U.S. citizens. Through this lens, the contributors analyze the evolution of American cultural and societal norms and expose the deeply contested process of defining presidential legacies"-- |
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| descrición da copia: | "Published in association with the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs and in collaboration with the White House Historical Association and the Center for Presidential History." |
| Descrición Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 315 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813949300 9780813949307 9780813949284 9780813949291 |