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Presidential Temples: How Memorials and Libraries Shape Public Memory

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ISBN-13: 978-0700614226
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  • Series: Culture America (Hardcover)
  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas (January 10, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0700614222
  • ISBN-13: 978-0700614226
  • Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1 x 9.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 starsLess than what I expected
By C. Ellen Connally on August 26, 2013
Format: Hardcover
Author Benjamin Hufbauer makes a valid point when he asserts that presidential libraries are a 20th century way of paying tribute to past presidents. Gone are the huge memorials - the last one being the Harding Memorial in Canton, Ohio. The difference between these libraries and past presidential memorials is that the libraries are created by the presidents themselves who shape or reshape their public image. It is the president who creates or attempts to create a public memory of himself. In so doing the creation of the president's image in history is not left to a surviving spouse or the public. The first was FDR who attempted to play a major part in creating his own legacy through his library. Hufbauer makes a major point of asserting that the libraries are a reflection of the so called imperial presidencies.

While his points are well taken, the narrative is somewhat disjointed. It is as if the author pieced together a number of previously written papers. The information on the Johnson Library was very interesting. There is also an extended section on the Truman library and the manner in which it had to change. While the section on the mural in the Truman library was interesting it was far to long - I got the book to read about presidential libraries.

In a sense he infers that the libraries are sort of a Disney Land for people coming to honor a president. But as the author infers, as societies change the way in which they honor past presidents change. As the quantity of correspondence and communication changed, so to did the manner of preserving that history change and the manner in which scholars and historians can access it.

Hufbauer's scholarship is excellent. But it was not what I expected and too disjointed for my taste. He makes his point and then repeats is many times.
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4.0 out of 5 starsCritical study of the presidential Library system.
By Thomas D. Mackie on January 9, 2011
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This book compares the various modern presidents' efforts to construct their own public memory. These modern, self-promoted presidents are compared as a group compared to Lincoln who occupies the first chapter. Though Lincoln was directive of his image, it became iconic after his death. Modern presidents construct their images directly before they die through the Presidential Libraries.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Perceptive New Take on Presidential Power.
By William Morgan on January 19, 2006
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Remember those true presidential giants? FDR, Harry Truman, and LBJ--and larger-than-life Bill Clinton. Did you know that FDR was his own architect for his presidential library at Hyde Park? Jefferson wasn't the only architect-president. But most fun of all is to get another look in the imperial-yet-downhome machinations of Lyndon Johnson as he strove create a library that rivaled the Egyptian tombs. OK, so it looks like a scholarly book--and it is, but there is a lot of good reading here. Hufbauer is too polite to employ his scholarship to point out what intellectual pygmies some of our leaders are, and now more than ever, it is important to understand the significance of memory in national life.
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