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Michael D. Hattem

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Michael D. Hattem is a historian of early America specializing in the American Revolution and historical memory. He earned his PhD in History from Yale University and BA in History from the City College of New York. He has taught a wide variety of early American history and American Studies courses at Knox College and Lang College at The New School.

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The Memory of ’76: The Revo...

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"Hattem explains how Americans observed their independence. There was much to learn but I found little about the effort in 1876 to collect the speeches that were supposed to have been made in every county in the nation (and its territories like Dakota" Read more of this review »
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“historical memories do not require historical accuracy and the power of the past does not rely on it.”
Michael D. Hattem, Past and Prologue: Politics and Memory in the American Revolution

“Memory lives in the shadow cast by history.”
Michael D. Hattem, Past and Prologue: Politics and Memory in the American Revolution

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“Memory lives in the shadow cast by history.”
Michael D. Hattem, Past and Prologue: Politics and Memory in the American Revolution

“historical memories do not require historical accuracy and the power of the past does not rely on it.”
Michael D. Hattem, Past and Prologue: Politics and Memory in the American Revolution

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