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1269596Lost on the Freedom Trailhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/lost-on-the-freedom-trail/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/182432/0621f805-1155-4271-a89f-b088f7dd6ca0.jpg?v=638333719445670000322448MXNUniversity of Massachusetts PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Winner of the 2023 Society for History in the Federal Government Book Prize</strong></p><p>Boston National Historical Park is one of Americas most popular heritage destinations, drawing in millions of visitors annually. Tourists flock there to see the site of the Boston Massacre, to relive Paul Reveres midnight ride, and to board <em>Old Ironsides</em>all of these bound together by the iconic Freedom Trail, which traces the citys revolutionary saga.</p><p>Making sense of the Revolution, however, was never the primary aim for the planners who reimagined Bostons heritage landscape after the Second World War. Seth C. Bruggeman demonstrates that the Freedom Trail was always largely a tourist gimmick, devised to lure affluent white Americans into downtown revival schemes, its success hinging on a narrow vision of the citys history run through with old stories about heroic white men. When Congress pressured the National Park Service to create this historical park for the nations bicentennial celebration in 1976, these ideas seeped into its organizational logic, precluding the possibility that history might prevail over gentrification and profit.</p>...1258990Lost on the Freedom Trail322448https://www.gandhi.com.mx/lost-on-the-freedom-trail/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/182432/0621f805-1155-4271-a89f-b088f7dd6ca0.jpg?v=638333719445670000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20229781613768990_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9781613768990_<p>Boston National Historical Park is one of Americas most popular heritage destinations, drawing in millions of visitors annually. Tourists flock there to see the site of the Boston Massacre, to relive Paul Reveres midnight ride, and to board <em>Old Ironsides</em>all of these bound together by the iconic Freedom Trail, which traces the citys revolutionary saga.</p><p>Making sense of the Revolution, however, was never the primary aim for the planners who reimagined Bostons heritage landscape after the Second World War. Seth C. Bruggeman demonstrates that the Freedom Trail was always largely a tourist gimmick, devised to lure affluent white Americans into downtown revival schemes, its success hinging on a narrow vision of the citys history run through with old stories about heroic white men. When Congress pressured the National Park Service to create this historical park for the nations bicentennial celebration in 1976, these ideas seeped into its organizational logic, precluding the possibility that history might prevail over gentrification and profit.</p>(*_*)9781613768990_<p><strong>Winner of the 2023 Society for History in the Federal Government Book Prize</strong><br />Boston National Historical Park is one of Americas most popular heritage destinations, drawing in millions of visitors annually. Tourists flock there to see the site of the Boston Massacre, to relive Paul Reveres midnight ride, and to board <em>Old Ironsides</em>all of these bound together by the iconic Freedom Trail, which traces the citys revolutionary saga.</p><p>Making sense of the Revolution, however, was never the primary aim for the planners who reimagined Bostons heritage landscape after the Second World War. Seth C. Bruggeman demonstrates that the Freedom Trail was always largely a tourist gimmick, devised to lure affluent white Americans into downtown revival schemes, its success hinging on a narrow vision of the citys history run through with old stories about heroic white men. When Congress pressured the National Park Service to create this historical park for the nations bicentennial celebration in 1976, these ideas seeped into its organizational logic, precluding the possibility that history might prevail over gentrification and profit.</p>...(*_*)9781613768990_<p><strong>Winner of the 2023 Society for History in the Federal Government Book Prize</strong></p><p>Boston National Historical Park is one of Americas most popular heritage destinations, drawing in millions of visitors annually. Tourists flock there to see the site of the Boston Massacre, to relive Paul Reveres midnight ride, and to board <em>Old Ironsides</em>all of these bound together by the iconic Freedom Trail, which traces the citys revolutionary saga.</p><p>Making sense of the Revolution, however, was never the primary aim for the planners who reimagined Bostons heritage landscape after the Second World War. Seth C. Bruggeman demonstrates that the Freedom Trail was always largely a tourist gimmick, devised to lure affluent white Americans into downtown revival schemes, its success hinging on a narrow vision of the citys history run through with old stories about heroic white men. When Congress pressured the National Park Service to create this historical park for the nations bicentennial celebration in 1976, these ideas seeped into its organizational logic, precluding the possibility that history might prevail over gentrification and profit.</p>...9781613768990_University of Massachusetts Presslibro_electonico_e1be6247-3178-3b6f-9413-2071a3a12f4b_9781613768990;9781613768990_9781613768990Seth C.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/uofchicagopress-epub-b741beca-0abf-4fa9-b775-f2655b4ca1cc.epub2022-01-28T00:00:00+00:00University of Massachusetts Press