@article{1381251,
      recid = {1381251},
      author = {Kammen, Michael G.},
      title = {Mystic chords of memory : the transformation of tradition  in American culture /},
      publisher = {Knopf,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {864 pages :},
      year = {1991},
      abstract = {In this ground-breaking, panoramic work of American  cultural history, the author examines a central paradox of  our national identity: How did "the land of the future"  acquire a past? And to what extent has our collective  memory of that past - as embodied in our traditions - been  distorted, or even manufactured? Ranging from John Adams to  Ronald Reagan, from the origins of Independence Day  celebrations to the controversies surrounding the Vietnam  War Memorial, from the Daughters of the American Revolution  to immigrant associations, and filled with inclusive  analyses of such phenomena as Americana and its collectors,  "historic" villages and Disneyland, Mystic Chords of Memory  is a brilliant, immensely readable, and enormously  important book.--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1381251},
}