The myth of the titanic
Subtitle: centenary edition
By: Richard Howells
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780230313804
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Myth; HISTORY / Social History; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; Social conditions; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century; Shipwrecks; Titanic (Steamship); History
Description: "Why does the story of the Titanic retain such a hold on the popular imagination, one hundred years after it sank on the night of 15 April 1912? Howells explores the myths around the Titanic legend, showing what they reveal about the culture of their time, as well as the role that myth still plays in our lives today"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: List of Illustrations; title: Preface to the Second Edition; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: A Brief History of the Titanic; title: Myth and the Titanic; title: 'Women and Children First!'; title: 'We Shall Die Like Gentlemen'; title: 'Be British!'; title: 'Nearer, My God, to Thee'; title: 'The Unsinkable Ship'; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Bibliography and Sources; title: Index.