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Defining memory : local museums and the construction of history in America's changing communities /

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This second edition of Defining Memory offers readers multiple lenses for viewing and discussing local institutions. New chapters analyze the ways in which local museums have come to adopt digital technologies in selecting items for exhibitions as well as the complexities of creating institutions de...

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Corporate Author: Rowman & Littlefield EBA
Other Authors: Levin, Amy K., 1957- (Editor), Adair, Joshua G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:American Association for State and Local History book series.
Subjects:
Historical museums > United States.
Historic buildings > United States.
Historic sites > United States.
United States > History, Local.
Museums > Social aspects > United States.
Museums > United States > Management.
Public history > United States.
Memory > Social aspects > United States.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Historic buildings.
Historic sites.
Historical museums.
Memory > Social aspects.
Museums > Management.
Museums > Social aspects.
Public history.
United States.
Electronic books.
Local history.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Foreword to the First Edition; Foreword to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Part I: Frameworks; Chapter One: Why Local Museums Matter; Chapter Two: Local History, Old Things to Look at, and a Sculptor's Vision; Part II: The Rebirth of a Nation; Chapter Three: Public History, Private Memory; Chapter Four: The House of the Seven Gables; Chapter Five: The Louisiana Old State Capitol; Part III: Nostalgia as Epistemology; Chapter Six: The Small Town We Never Were; Chapter Seven: "The Dream Then and Now"; Chapter Eight: History Lessons.
  • Part IV: Museums at Risk: Changing PublicsChapter Nine: The Politics of Prehistory; Chapter Ten: "Such Is Our Heritage"; Chapter Eleven: "A Repository for Bottled Monsters and Medical Curiosities"; Part V: Challenging the Major Museum; Chapter Twelve: Objects of Dis/Order; Chapter Thirteen: Cities, Museums, and City Museums; Part VI: Museums Moving Forward; Chapter Fourteen: Crowdsourcing the Art Museum; Chapter Fifteen: "Womanhood," Whiteness, and Weddings; Part VII: No Business Like Show Business; Chapter Sixteen: Business as Usual; Conclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index.