03491cam a2200457 i 4500 20500880 20250607090202.0 m |o d | cr_||||||||||| 180517s2018 miu ob s001 0 eng 20500880 7 cbc origcop 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg acquire ecip book policy default ecip ebook 2018-05-17 xd06 2018-06-28 book rec'd 2018024343 9780472123940 e-book 9780472130863 (hardcover : alk. paper) DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc n-us--- HE6204.U5 769.56973 23 Brennan, Sheila, author. Stamping American memory : collectors, citizens, and the Post / Sheila A. Brennan. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2018] 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Building philatelic communities -- Learning to read stamps -- Federal participation in philately -- Shaping national identity with commemoratives in the 1920s and 1930s -- Representing unity and equality in New Deal stamps -- American commemorative stamps issued, 1892-1940. Unrestricted online access "In the age of digital communications, it can be difficult to imagine a time when the meaning and imagery of stamps was politically volatile. While millions of Americans collected stamps from the 1880s to the 1940s, Stamping American Memory is the first scholarly examination of stamp collecting culture and how stamps enabled citizens to engage their federal government in conversations about national life in early-twentieth-century America. By examining the civic conversations that emerged around stamp subjects and imagery, this work brings to light the role that these under- examined historical artifacts have played in carrying political messages. Sheila A. Brennan crafts a fresh synthesis that explores how the US postal service shaped Americans' concepts of national belonging, citizenship, and race through its commemorative stamp program. Designed to be saved as souvenirs, commemoratives circulated widely and stood as miniature memorials to carefully selected snapshots from the American past that also served the political needs of small interest groups. Stamping American Memory brings together the histories of the US postal service and the federal government, collecting, and philately through the lenses of material culture and memory to make a significant contribution to our understanding of this period in American history"-- Provided by publisher. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Unported CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. Postage stamps United States History. Stamp collecting United States History. Print version: Brennan, Sheila, author. Stamping American memory Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2018] 9780472130863 (DLC) 2017059437 gdcebookspublic 2018024343 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2018024343 gdc/doab gdc/scd