Down with the old canoe : a cultural history of the Titanic disaster / Steven Biel.
Down with the old canoe : a cultural history of the Titanic disaster / Steven Biel.
Down with the old canoe : a cultural history of the Titanic disaster / Steven Biel.
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c1996.
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N910.91631/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
300 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c1996.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
Protestant sermons used the Titanic to condemn the budding consumer society ("We know the end of...the undisturbed sensualists. As they sail the sea of life we know absolutely that their ship will meet disaster"). African American toasts and working-class ballads made the ship emblematic of the foolishness of white people and the greed of the rich....
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Down with the old canoe : a cultural history of the Titanic disaster / Steven Biel.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-280) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1996.
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N910.91631/1
Record Identifier
74VvwRy2PmEZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvwRy2PmEZ
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ISBN
039303965X
9780393316766 (pbk.)
0393316769 (pbk.)
DDC
910.91631
MMS ID
991004280839702626
