Cultural Amnesia: America's Future and the Crisis of Memory

by Stephen Bertman

Book Overview

According to Bertman, just as an individual needs memories to maintain a sense of personal identity, so does a nation need them in order to survive. Like Alzheimer victims, however, today's Americans are rapidly losing a consciousness of history, and with it, a sense of national identity and direction.

Sixty percent of adult Americans don't know the name of the president who ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb, 42% of college seniors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027596230X
• ISBN13: 9780275962302
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"