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The Politics of Place: Grant Park, 1968-2008
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Williams, Susan Joann
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1292338817
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Year and Degree
2010, Master of Arts, Miami University, History.
Abstract
This paper explores the complex relationship between place, public memory, and politics in American history. Grant Park in Chicago serves as a case study of how political events that have occurred there over a forty year period shed light on public memory and the role that places play in perpetuating history. Archival research conducted at numerous libraries in the Chicago area, as well as personal interviews with individuals present at the 1968 riot and Senator Obama's 2008 Election Day speech in Grant Park reveal the persistence of history and memory in shaping the way a community perceives a particular place.
Committee
Allan Winkler, PhD (Committee Chair)
Marguerite Shaffer, PhD (Committee Member)
Nishani Frazier, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
40 p.
Subject Headings
American History
Keywords
Grant Park
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1968 Democratic National Convention
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Senator Barack Obama
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Lollapalooza
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Williams, S. J. (2010).
The Politics of Place: Grant Park, 1968-2008
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1292338817
APA Style (7th edition)
Williams, Susan.
The Politics of Place: Grant Park, 1968-2008.
2010. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1292338817.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Williams, Susan. "The Politics of Place: Grant Park, 1968-2008." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1292338817
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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