Cultural Movements and Collective Memory: Christopher Columbus and the Rewriting of the National Origin Myth

by TimothyKubal (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2009

  $60.75

  This book uses political process theory to examine three cultural movements around Christopher Columbus. The author examines the religious, ethnic and anti-colonial movements most successful at rewriting national origin myth, demonstrating the political process model while telling the story of how a powerless public mobilized to rewrite its past.