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Interpreting the Civil War at museums and historic sites /

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Interpreting the Civil War at Museums and Historic Sites surveys how museums and historic sites approached challenges during the Civil War sesquicentennial (2011-2015). In doing so, this book offers museums and history professionals strategies to help shape conversations with local communities.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Rowman & Littlefield EBA
Other Authors: Levin, Kevin M., 1969- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Series:Interpreting history.
Subjects:
American Civil War (1861-1865)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Museums.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Centennial celebrations, etc.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Historiography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Battlefields.
Public history > United States.
Collective memory > United States.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Anniversaries.
Battlefields.
Collective memory.
Historiography.
Museums.
Public history.
United States.
1861-1865
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Among the ruins
  • Billy Yank, not Johnny Reb
  • A civil war museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin?
  • Civil war public history for the next generation
  • New wine in old bottles
  • From tokenism to true partnership
  • Commemoration, conflict, and constraints
  • Getting to the heart
  • Bibliography
  • Index.