In whose ruins power, possession, and the landscapes of American empire
"In this examination of landscape and memory, four sites of American history are revealed as places where historical truth was written over by oppressive fiction-with profound repercussions for politics past and present. Popular narratives of American history conceal as much as they reveal. They pre...
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New York :
Scribner,
2022.
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| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Mutations of the country
- Part 1: Tongues from tombs. The myth of the Mound Builders ; Henry Rowe Schoolcraft strikes gold ; "As I am thinking... My land" ; Spirits released from human bondage
- Part 2: Harmonial wells. The Pithole at the end of the world ; Petrolia's spiritual awakening ; Ruinous prosperity ; God's gold ; Born in freedom
- Part 3: Power on the Susquehanna. Assets from the rock ; The deluge ; Lake Perfidy ; Rock flows
- Part 4: Trace elements. A tale which must never be told ; Collecting Los Alamos ; "And the other face was terrible" ; "Only justice can stop a curse" ; Our energized age
- To bear away the treasure.
