National Trauma and Collective Memory: Extraordinary Events in the American ExperienceM.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 |
Índice
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 |
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About the Author 241 | |
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