{"product_id":"early-america-and-the-modern-imagination-rewriting-the-past-in-the-present-9781399536172","title":"Early America and the Modern Imagination: Rewriting the Past in the Present","description":"Recurring culture war controversies in the US--ranging from reproductive freedom and gender identity to racial inequality and immigration--often turn public attention to early American precedents. At the same time, early American figures and tropes enjoy a stunning cachet in popular culture. \u003ci\u003eEarly America and the Modern Imagination \u003c\/i\u003esquarely interprets the significance and cultural uses of these transhistorical re-imaginings of the early American past. While drawing productively on public memory scholarship, this volume augments its neglect of early American studies. The collection's critical and pedagogical essays investigate how a variety of modalities--including literature, film, television, theatre, video games and graphic novels--rescript early America as a usable past for contemporary audiences. \u003ci\u003eEarly America and the Modern Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e, therefore, interprets early American themes and their present-day echoes to grapple with the evolving and highly contested import of the American nation's past in the present cultural moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick M. Erben\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399536172","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44402303991945,"sku":"9781399536172","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a92fe4b3-8b58-4bc4-963e-da82028c89b7.jpg?v=1752625583","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/early-america-and-the-modern-imagination-rewriting-the-past-in-the-present-9781399536172","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}