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What images shape Americans' perceptions of their past? How do particular versions of history become the public history? And how have these views changed over t

From an author praised for writing “delicious social history” (Dwight Garner, The New York Times) comes a lively account of memorable Miss America contestan

A fresh exploration of American feminist history told through the lens of the beauty pageant world. Many predicted that pageants would disappear by the 21st cen

Traces the history of the United States from the arrival of the first Indian people to the present day.

A Washington Post style editor’s fascinating and irresistible look back on the Miss America pageant as it approaches its 100th anniversary. The sash. The tear