Presidential temples : how memorials and libraries shape public memory / Benjamin Hufbauer.

Author/creator Hufbauer, Benjamin
Format Book
Publication InfoLawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2005.
Descriptionxvii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesCultureAmerica
Culture America. ^A416472
Contents Introduction: The transformation of presidential commemoration -- Prologue: the words in the Lincoln Memorial -- A shift in commemoration: the Roosevelt Presidential Library -- The rhetoric of the replica: the Truman Library's Oval Office and Benton Mural -- Symbolic power, democratic access, and the imperial presidency: the Johnson Library -- Celebrity and power: the commemoration of first ladies -- Reinventing the presidential library: the new displays at the Truman Museum -- Conclusion: Presidential libraries and the final campaign.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-258) and index.
LCCN 2005026802
ISBN0700614222 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E176.1 .H845 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold