Cultural Movements and Collective Memory: Christopher Columbus and the Rewriting of the National Origin Myth

This book uses political process theory to examine three cultural movements around Christopher Columbus. The author examines the religious, ethnic and anti-colonial movements most successful at rewriting national origin myth, demonstrating the political process model while telling the story of how a powerless public mobilized to rewrite its past.

TIMOTHY KUBAL is Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University at Fresno, USA.