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

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M.E. Sharpe, 2005 - 240 páginas
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 Preparedness -- Internment 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 Society -- Strategies 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
 

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Collective Sadness Fear and Anger
3
The Fear of Communism
5
Society as Moral Community
20
The Great Depression
39
The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
56
Discussion Questions
123
The Watergate Affair
132
Technological Accidents
146
Domestic Terrorism USA
160
The Terrorist Attack of September 11
178
Collective Memory
197
Bibliography
217
Index
233
About the Author 241
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