American Historical Pageantry
American Historical Pageantry

Author: David Glassberg

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780807842867

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What images shape Americans' perceptions of their past? How do particular versions of history become the public history? And how have these views changed over time? David Glassberg explores these important questions by examining the pageantry craze of the

Performing the Pilgrims
Performing the Pilgrims

Author: Stephen Eddy Snow

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9781604731811

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An inquiry into how portrayals of the Pilgrims evolved from glorification to more accurate interpretations of history through performance

New Light on the Old Colony
New Light on the Old Colony

Author: Jeremy Bangs

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-10-29

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 900442055X

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Colonial government, Pilgrims, the New England town, Native land, the background of religious toleration, and the changing memory recalling the Pilgrims – all are examined and stereotypical assumptions overturned in 15 essays by the foremost authority on the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony. Thorough research revises the story of colonists and of the people they displaced. Bangs’ book is required reading for the history of New England, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Natives, the Mennonite contribution to religious toleration in Europe and New England, and the history of commemoration, from paintings and pageants to living history and internet memes. If Pilgrims were radical, so is this book.