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基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1995 by Viking. This behind-the-scenes account details the emotionally complex fifteen-year struggle surrounding the museum's birth.
Full Description
Since its first year in 1993, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has attracted more than 15 millino visitors, sometimes at the rate of 10,000 a day, each of whom has walked away with an indelible impression of awe in the face of the unimaginable. This lively, honest, behind-the-scenes account details the emotionally complex fifteen-year struggle surrounding the museum's birth.
Contents
Preface: Violence and American Landscape Acknowledgements Introduction: Locating Holocaust Memory in American Culture 1. The Decision to Remember 2. The Site of Holocaust Memory 3. Embryonic Thoughts: The Commission's Museum Beginnings: 1980-87 4. Interior Space: The Mood of Memory Conclusion. Mobilizing Holocaust Memory Notes Index