Scott A. Sandage
Scott Sandage é um historiador cultural da Carnegie Mellon University especializado nos Estados Unidos do século XIX e nos aspectos mutáveis da identidade americana. Ele é o autor de Born Losers: A History of Failure in America (Harvard University Press, 2005) e foi recentemente nomeado um dos principais jovens historiadores da América pela History News Network.
Atualizado em janeiro de 2010
Stories from This Author
Old Rags, Some Grand
15 de Janeiro de 2010 • Scott A. Sandage
“These Colors Don’t Run,” I keep reading. Small wonder, after six months holding on by a thread to a speeding Eddie Bauer Ford Explorer. There used to be some rule about burning a flag when it gets torn or dirty. Does this mean it would be patriotic to torch a sport utility vehicle? By spring, the flags of September 11 looked like veterans of Ground Zero. Even Presidents’ Day sales could not move overstocks of red, white, and blue stickers, …
