Selling the Holocaust by Tim Cole
Now in paperback, Selling the Holocaust includes a new introduction by the author which includes an analysis of Life is Beautiful and Peter Novick's Holocaust in American Life"Provocative..It is hard to argue with Cole's assertion that the worldwide image of the Holocaust is now being made in America." -- The Washington Post Book World
"Gifted with a sensitive understanding of the Holocaust, Cole sets out to parse the shifting myths of the Holocaust, especially its morphing into a ubiquitous, feel-good affirmation of America's core values...[Sellingthe Holocaust] makes an excellent complement to Peter Novick's superb The Holocaust in American Life, with which it shares an informed wariness about the perils of historical representation." -- Publishers Weekly
"A thoughtful and brave study of how the Holocaust has become an overly central myth and too commercialized for its own effectiveness. Cole is a fellow at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and is well positioned to know that there is no business like Shoah (Holocaust) business...If the Holocaust has assumed our century's moral crown, this book dares to challenge the emperor's clothes." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Tim Cole explores the creation and definition of a mythic Holocaust, the Holocaust as symbol divorced from the historical reality of six million murdered Jews. He argues that the veneration of the Holocaust represents an attempt to understand history, but that this attempt is often harmful and belittles the truth." -- University ofNebraska Press
"An intriguing book that raises many issues." -- Jewish Book World
"Tim Cole explores the creation and definiton of a mythic Holocaust, the Holocaust as symbol divorced from the historical reality of six million murdered Jews. He argues that the veneration of the Holocaust represents an attempt to understand history, but that this attempt is often harmful and belittles the truth." -- Shofar
Anne Kelly Knowles is Professor of Geography at Middlebury College. She is author of Calvinists Incorporated: Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier and Mastering Iron: The Struggle to Modernize an American Industry, 1800-1868. She has also edited two previous volumes on the use of GIS for history. Her work has been recognized by the American Ingenuity Award for Historical Scholarship from Smithsonian magazine.
Tim Cole is Professor of Social History at the University of Bristol and author of Traces of the Holocaust: Journeying In and Out of the Ghettos; Holocaust City: The Making of a Jewish Ghetto; and Selling the Holocaust: How History Is Bought, Packaged, and Sold, and editor (with Chris Pearson and Peter Coates) of Militarized Landscapes: From Gettysburg to Salisbury Plain.
Alberto Giordano is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography at Texas State University in San Marcos. He is the author of one book (in Italian) on quality control in GIS and of several publications in GIScience, historical cartography, and hazards geography. He is author (with Tim Cole) of a number of articles on GIS, the Holocaust, and the Budapest ghetto.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415928137 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415928133 |
| Title | Selling the Holocaust |
| Author | Tim Cole |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-08-11 |
| Number of pages | 234 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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