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Cultural Movements and Collective Memory

Christopher Columbus and the Rewriting of the National Origin Myth
By:T. Kubal
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781403975775
eText ISBN:9780230615762
Edition:0
Copyright:2008
Format:Page Fidelity

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This book uses political process theory to examine three cultural movements around Christopher Columbus. The author examines the religious, ethnic and anti-colonial movements most successful at rewriting national origin myth, demonstrating the political process model while telling the story of how a powerless public mobilized to rewrite its past.