Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: T. Kubal
Publisher: Palgrave USA
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 2008 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.582kg
ISBN: 9781403975775
ISBN 10: 1403975779
Pages: 261
Publication Date: 24 March 2009
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
<p>“This book presents an ideological interpretation of the role of 'powerless' individuals in shaping collective memory in the face of hegemonic institutions. Well footnoted, referenced, and supported by tables and figures.”--B.Osborne, Choice <p> Social movement and American history scholars will learn something from this book. --Randolph Hohle, D'Youville College<p> systematic, thorough, well-researched, and well organized...both intruitging and instructive. --Jennifer A. Jordan, Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews <p> Kubal's study provides an interesting and insightful exploration of how different types of groups relate to the national origin myth of Christopher Columbus...it presents a thought provoking account of what is really just a story; a tale of how American society has adjusted and adapted a narrative of what many still consider its originating event. --Timothy B. Gongaware, Sociological Spectrum <p> 
This book presents an ideological interpretation of the role of 'powerless' individuals in shaping collective memory in the face of hegemonic institutions.Well footnoted, referenced, and supported by tables and figures. - B.Osborne, Choice Social movement and American history scholars will learn something from this book. - Randolph Hohle, D'Youville College systematic, thorough, well-researched, and well organized...both intruitging and instructive. - Jennifer A. Jordan, Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews Kubal's study provides an interesting and insightful exploration of how different types of groups relate to the national origin myth of Christopher Columbus...it presents a thought provoking account of what is really just a story; a tale of how American society has adjusted and adapted a narrative of what many still consider its originating event. - Timothy B. Gongaware, Sociological Spectrum
This book presents an ideological interpretation of the role of 'powerless' individuals in shaping collective memory in the face of hegemonic institutions.Well footnoted, referenced, and supported by tables and figures. - B.Osborne, Choice Social movement and American history scholars will learn something from this book. - Randolph Hohle, D'Youville College systematic, thorough, well-researched, and well organized...both intruitging and instructive. - Jennifer A. Jordan, Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews Kubal's study provides an interesting and insightful exploration of how different types of groups relate to the national origin myth of Christopher Columbus...it presents a thought provoking account of what is really just a story; a tale of how American society has adjusted and adapted a narrative of what many still consider its originating event. - Timothy B. Gongaware, Sociological Spectrum
Author Information
TIMOTHY KUBAL is Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University at Fresno, USA.
