Margaret Malamud

Ancient Rome and Modern America (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Ancient Rome and Modern America explores the vital role the narratives and images of Rome have played in America's understanding of itself and its history.

• Places America's response to Rome in a historical context, from the Revolutionary era to the present
• Looks at portrayals of Rome in different media: writing, architecture, theatre, painting, World's Fairs and Expositions, and film
• Beautifully illustrated with over 40 high quality photographs and figures

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444305081
• Artikelnr.: 38309868

Autorenporträt

THE AUTHOR

MARGARET MALAMUD is associate professor of ancient history and Islamic Studies at New Mexico State University. She is co-editor of Imperial Projections: Ancient Rome in Modern Popular Culture (2001).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments x
Introduction 1
1 Exemplary Romans in the Early Republic 9
2 Working Men's Heroes 34
3 Rome and the Politics of Slavery 70
4 Corporate Caesars and Radical Reformers 98
5 Manifest Virtue 122
6 The Pleasures of Empire 150
7 Screening Rome During the Great Depression 186
8 Cold War Romans 208
9 Imperial Consumption 229
Epilogue 253
Bibliography 261
Filmography 279
Index 280

Rezensionen

"Malamud's analysis provides a key to understanding why the US party system aligns itself with certain issues. To be read by all Americans, as history or a warning. [It is] not just another United States as New Rome, but [has] clear, meaningful comparisons. [It] clarifies our current political trajectory." (About.com (Ancient History Guide), November 2008)"An excellent and stimulating overview of the abiding vitality ofRome as a model and inspiration for American culture, both high andpopular. A pioneering work of remarkable range."
-Karl Galinsky, University of Texas, Austin

"With a keen eye for popular culture, Malamud shows howAmericans from Valley Forge to Caesars Palace have used ancientRome to define themselves."
-Caroline Winterer, Stanford University

"Rome represents all that America wishes not to be and yet alsomirrors its aspirations and pride. Malamud has adroitly revealedthe multiplicity of American society that its patriotic andcommercial images have often hidden."
-Arthur Pomeroy, Victoria University ofWellington