Most Popular Books by Emily S. Rosenberg

The history of “dollar diplomacy,” using US financial clout to influence the actions of foreign governments.

December 7, 1941—the date of Japan’s surprise attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor—is "a date which will live" in American history and memory, but the stories that will live and the meanings attributed to them are hardly settled. In movies, books, and magazines, at memorial sites and public ceremonies, and on television and the internet, Pearl Harbor lives in a thousand guises and symbolizes dozens of different historical lessons. In A Date Which Will Live, historian Emily S. Rosenberg examines the contested meanings of Pearl Harbor in American culture. Rosenberg considers the emergence of Pearl Harbor’s symbolic role within multiple contexts: as a day of infamy that highlighted the need for future U.S. military preparedness, as an attack that opened a "back door" to U.S. involvement in World War II, as an event of national commemoration, and as a central metaphor in American-Japanese relations. She explores the cultural background that contributed to Pearl Harbor’s resurgence in American memory after the fiftieth anniversary of the attack in 1991. In doing so, she discusses the recent “memory boom” in American culture; the movement to exonerate the military commanders at Pearl Harbor, Admiral Husband Kimmel and General Walter Short; the political mobilization of various groups during the culture and history "wars" of the 1990s, and the spectacle surrounding the movie Pearl Harbor. Rosenberg concludes with a look at the uses of Pearl Harbor as a historical frame for understanding the events of September 11, 2001.

History becomes music to your ears with this innovative CD-ROM that brings the musical movements and significant musicians of various eras to life with actual audio recordings. Music ranges from the historic "Liberty Song" (1768) to Joni Mitchell''s "Hejira" (1976). Audio links also are available on the text''s companion website.

Emily Rosenberg examines the social and cultural networks that emerged from global exchanges between 1870 and 1945. Transnational connections were being formed many decades before "globalization" became a commonplace term in economic and political discourse, and these currents underscore the fluidity of spatial and personal identifications.

Spesso trascurate nelle storie dedicate agli stati-nazione, le correnti transnazionali evidenziano gli schemi irregolari delle trasformazioni globali, sottolineando la fluidità delle identità spaziali e personali nel periodo compreso tra il 1870 e la fine della seconda guerra mondiale. Ben prima che la globalizzazione si imponesse come concetto comune presente in ogni discorso economico e politico contemporaneo, il mondo tra fine Ottocento e Novecento era già avvolto da un fitto tessuto di scambi sociali e culturali. In un mondo sempre piú piccolo ricostruisce il ruolo delle istanze globali alla base di istituzioni regolatrici, dalla Società delle Nazioni al Comitato olimpico internazionale, all''Universal Postal Union, e mette a fuoco la dimensione transnazionale caratteristica delle reti sociali di classe, etniche, di genere, religiose, delle grandi manifestazioni espositive (le fiere mondiali, i musei), delle élite professionali di ingegneri, medici, scienziati sociali, urbanisti, dei mass media e delle culture del consumo. Queste correnti determinarono una modernità che sovrapponeva alla fede nella razionalità della scienza e della tecnologia l''attrazione emotiva dell''industria dello spettacolo. In un''epoca di nazionalismi e imperialismi, proprio questa polarità accompagnò ambizioni di espansione territoriale; inaugurando un mondo nuovo, in cui le tecnologie a diffusione mondiale (telegrafo, ferrovie, navi veloci, radio, aviazione, fotografia, cinema...) estesero il loro raggio d''azione, dando il via a una serie di rapidi e drastici cambiamenti.

This comprehensive narrative traces the transformation of popular cultures across the canvas of the twentieth century. Covering the rise of movies, jazz, the comics, cable television, and the Internet, this concise book contains coverage of recent social and cultural events, as well as information on traditional political, economic, and military affairs.