National trauma and collective memory
Subtitle: major events in the American century
By: Arthur G. Neal.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Crises -- Psychological aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Memory -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; National characteristics, American; United States -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies; United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Case studies; United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-  -- Case studies
Other titles: National trauma & collective memory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Collective sadness, fear, and anger; title: Society as moral community; title: The Great Depression; title: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; title: The communist menace; title: The Cuban missile crisis; title: The assassination of President Kennedy; title: The Vietnam war; title: The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.; title: The Watergate affair; title: Technological accidents : the Challenger explosion, travel accidents, Three Mile Island, calamities to come; title: Collective memory.