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History and popular memory : the power of story in moments of crisis
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- Creator
- Paul A. Cohen
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 279 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780231537292, 0231537298, 0231166362, 9780231166362
- OCLC
- ocn984665672, ocn875095737, ocn862575047
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The battle of Kosovo of 1389 and Serbian nationalism -- The fall of Masada and modern Jewish memory -- Chiang Kai-Shek, Chinese nationalist policy, and the story of King Goujian -- The enigma of the appeal of Joan of Arc in wartime France -- Artful propaganda in World War II : Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky and Olivier's Henry V
Subjects
- Goujian, -465 B.C. -- Influence.
- Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 -- Influence.
- Aleksandr Nevskiĭ (Motion picture) -- Influence.
- Henry V (Motion picture : 1944) -- Influence.
- Historiography -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
- Collective memory -- Case studies.
- Crises -- History -- Case studies.
- Kosovo, Battle of, Kosovo, 1389 -- Influence.
- Masada Site (Israel) -- Siege, 72-73 -- Influence.