Remembering the Alamo : memory, modernity, and the master symbol /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2002.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | History, culture, and society series.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. The Texas Modern
- pt. 1. The Alamo as Place, 1836-1905. Ch. 2. History, Memory-Place, and Silence: The Public Construction of the Past. Ch. 3. From San Fernando de Bexar to the Alamo City: The Political Unconscious of Plaza Space. Ch. 4. From Private Visions to Public Culture: The Making of the Alamo
- pt. 2. The Alamo as Project, 1890-1960. Ch. 5. Cinematic Images: Frontiers, Nationalism, and the Mexican Question. Ch. 6. Why Does Davy Live?: Modernity and Its Heroics. Conclusion: The Alamo as Tex(Mex) Master Symbol of Modernity.