Who owns America's past? : the Smithsonian and the problem of history / Robert C. Post.

Remembering the forgotten war : the enduring legacies of the U.S./Mexican War / Michael Scott Van Wagenen.

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Who owns America's past? : the Smithsonian and the problem of history / Robert C. Post.

Remembering the forgotten war : the enduring legacies of the U.S./Mexican War / Michael Scott Van Wagenen.