Title: The myth of the titanic
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"--
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Myth, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, Social conditions, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Shipwrecks, Titanic (Steamship), History, Great britain, social conditions
Places: North Atlantic Ocean, Great Britain
Time periods: 20th century