{"product_id":"down-with-the-old-canoe-a-cultural-history-of-the-titanic-disaster-paperback","title":"Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Biel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProtestant sermons used the\u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e to condemn the budding consumer society (\"We know the end of . . . the undisturbed sensualists. As they sail the sea of life we know absolutely that their ship will meet disaster.\"). African American toasts and working-class ballads made the ship emblematic of the foolishness of white people and the greed of the rich. A 1950s revival framed the disaster as an \"older kind of disaster in which people had time to die.\" An ever-increasing number of \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e buffs find heroism and order in the tale. Still in the headlines (\"Titanic Baby Found Alive!\" the \u003cem\u003eWeekly World News\u003c\/em\u003e declares) and a figure of everyday speech (\"rearranging deck chairs . . .\"), the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e disaster echoes within a richly diverse, paradoxical, and fascinating America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.44 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52406051537201,"sku":"9780393316766","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/iMZZ95xs-N9780393316766.webp?v=1783073601","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/down-with-the-old-canoe-a-cultural-history-of-the-titanic-disaster-paperback","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}