Title National Trauma and Collective Memory : Extraordinary Events in the American Experience

Edition 2nd ed Published Florence : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (254 pages) Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Symbolic Events; Preface; I. Introduction; 1. Collective Sadness, Fear, and Anger; Social Disruption; Newsworthy Events; Causal Explanations; Psychological Modernity; Discussion Questions; 2. Society as Moral Community; Shaping a National Identity; Disturbing a National Identity; Trusteeship; Discussion Questions; II. Case Studies of National Trauma; 3. The Great Depression; The Crisis of Capitalism; Economic Hardship; Remedial Action; The Legacy of the Great Depression; Discussioit Questions; 4. The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor Lack of PreparednessInternment of Japanese Americans; War Mobilization; Perceptions of the Japanese Warrior; Ending the War; Discussion Questions; 5. The Fear of Communism; The Korean War; McCarthyism; The Cuban Missile Crisis; Surviving Nuclear War; Discussion Questions; 6. The Vietnam War; Conduct of the War; Veterans in Vietnam; Opposition to the War; Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome; The Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Discussion Questions; 7. Political Assassinations of the 1960s; The Sanctification of Kennedy; Who Killed Kennedy?; The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr A Fragmented SocietyStrategies of Nonviolent Resistance; Discussion Questions; 8. The Watergate Affair; High Crimes and Misdemeanors; The Morality of Power; The Legacy of Watergate; Discussion Questions; 9. Technological Accidents; Space Program Tragedies; Travel Accidents; Three Mile Island; Calamities to Come; Discussion Questions; 10. Domestic Terrorism, USA; Estrangement from Society: The Unabomber, Columbine, and the Bombing of Abortion Clinics; Vigilante Terrorism; Insurgency Terrorism: Ruby Ridge and Waco; Oklahoma City Bombing; Discussion Questions 11. The Terrorist Attack of September 11Shattered Assumptions; Causal Explanations; The War on Terrorism; Homeland Security; The Culture of Fear; Discussion Questions; III. Epilogue; 12. Collective Memory; Generational Effects; Commemoration; Popular Culture and Mass Entertainment; Links Between the Past and the Future; Discussion Questions; Bibliography; Index; About the Author Summary A fascinating exploration of our evolving national psyche, this book chronicles major traumas in recent American history - from the Depression and Pearl Harbor, to the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, Jr., to Ruby Ridge, Waco, and Columbine - how we responded to them as a nation, and what our responses mean. Reflecting on American popular culture as well as the media, this edition includes a new chapter on 9/11 and other acts of terror within the United States, as well as coverage of the Columbia space shuttle disaster. New student-friendly features, including discussion questions and "Symbolic Events" boxes in each chapter, give the book added value as a classroom supplement Notes Print version record Subject Crises -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 20th century Memory -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century Collective memory -- United States -- History -- 20th century National characteristics, American. Crises-Psychological aspects-United States-History-20th century Memory-Social aspects-United States-History-20th century Collective memory-United States-History-20th century United States-History-20th century United States-Social conditions-1933-1945 United States-Social conditions-1945- HISTORY -- United States -- General. Collective memory Crises -- Psychological aspects Memory -- Social aspects National characteristics, American Social conditions SUBJECT United States -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140291 United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140517 United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140518 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317464051 1317464052

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