Social representations of the past, or Do Americans know history

In the book on the basis of these sociological surveys, the historical representations of the Americans, their "image of the past", which is formed under the influence of various sources - secular and religious education, popular literature, cinema, media, historical museums and monuments, oral and family history. A variety of information about the knowledge of the history of the Americans contained in the materials of the surveys, allowed to identify not only the content and level of mass historical knowledge, but also the general views of the population about history and the historical process, as well as underlying value, ideological and religious installations. Although it turned out that the specific knowledge of Americans about the story was not so bad, as is often depicted.
For historians, sociologists, cultural scientists and all those interested in the problems of historical knowledge, as well as the culture and history of the United States