Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Authors’ Note xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction: The Meanings of Collective Memory and Generation 1
7. Part One. Revising Collective Memories
8. 1 Collective Memories and Counter-Memories of Christopher Columbus 21
9. 2. Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson: Sex, Slavery, and Science 46
10. 3. Abraham Lincoln: “Honest Abe” versus “the Great Emancipator” 66
11. Part Two. The Critical Years and Other Sources of Collective Memory
12. 4. The Critical Years Hypothesis: The Idea and the Evidence 75
13. 5. Exploring Collective Memory in Eight Countries 104
14. Part Three. Beyond Critical Years Effects
15. 6. Does Emigration Affect Collective Memory? 133
16. 7. Generational Experience of War and the Development of New Attitudes 147
17. 8. Autobiographical Memory versus Collective Memory 160
18. 9. Collective Knowledge: Findings and “Losings” 177
19. 10. Commemoration Matters: The Past in the Present 191
20. Closing Reflections 210
21. Appendix A: Statistical Testing and Its Limitations 219
22. Appendix B: Survey Response Rates 221
23. Appendix C: Formal Tests of Critical Years Effects 223
24. Appendix D: Robustness of Standard Events Question 225
25. References 227
26. Index 245