The Resource Defining memory : local museums and the construction of history in America's changing communities, edited by Amy K. Levin
Defining memory : local museums and the construction of history in America's changing communities, edited by Amy K. Levin
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- Extent
- vii, 289 pages
- Contents
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- Why local museums matter / Amy K. Levin
- Local history, "Old things to look at, " and a sculptor's vision : exploring local museums through curriculum theory / Elizabeth Vallance
- Public history, private memory : notes from the ethnography of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A. / Eric Gable and Richard Handler
- The House of Seven Gables : a house museum's adaptation to changing societal expectations since 1910 / Tami Christopher
- Louisiana's Old State Capitol Museum : castle on the Mississippi / J. Daniel d'Oney
- The small town we never were : Old Cowtown Museum faces an urban past / Jay Price
- "The dream then and now" : democratic nostalgia and the living museum at Arthurdale, West Virginia / Stuart Patterson
- History lessons : selling the John Dillinger Museum / Heather R. Perry
- The politics of prehistory : conflict and resolution at Dickson Mounds Museum / Donna Langford
- "Such is our heritage" : Daughters of Utah Pioneers museums / Jessie L. Embry and Mauri Liljenquist Nelson
- "A repository for bottled monsters and medical curiousities" : the evolution of the Amry Medical Museum / Michael G. Rhode and James T.H. Connor
- Objects of dis/order : articulating curiosities and engaging people at the Freakatorium / Lucian Gomoll
- Cities, museums, and city museums / Eric Sandweiss
- Business as usual : can museums be bought? / Amy K. Levin
- Conclusion: Museums and the American imagination / Amy K. Levin
- Isbn
- 9780759110496
- Label
- Defining memory : local museums and the construction of history in America's changing communities
- Title
- Defining memory
- Title remainder
- local museums and the construction of history in America's changing communities
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Amy K. Levin
- Subject
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- Historic buildings -- United States
- Historic sites -- United States
- Historical museums -- United States
- Memory -- Social aspects -- United States
- Museums -- Social aspects -- United States
- Museums -- United States -- Management
- Public history -- United States
- United States -- History, Local
- Community life -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Levin, Amy K.
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- American Association for State and Local History book series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Historical museums
- Historic buildings
- Historic sites
- Museums
- Museums
- Public history
- Memory
- Community life
- United States
- Label
- Defining memory : local museums and the construction of history in America's changing communities, edited by Amy K. Levin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-268) and index
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- volume
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Why local museums matter / Amy K. Levin -- Local history, "Old things to look at, " and a sculptor's vision : exploring local museums through curriculum theory / Elizabeth Vallance -- Public history, private memory : notes from the ethnography of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A. / Eric Gable and Richard Handler -- The House of Seven Gables : a house museum's adaptation to changing societal expectations since 1910 / Tami Christopher -- Louisiana's Old State Capitol Museum : castle on the Mississippi / J. Daniel d'Oney -- The small town we never were : Old Cowtown Museum faces an urban past / Jay Price -- "The dream then and now" : democratic nostalgia and the living museum at Arthurdale, West Virginia / Stuart Patterson -- History lessons : selling the John Dillinger Museum / Heather R. Perry -- The politics of prehistory : conflict and resolution at Dickson Mounds Museum / Donna Langford -- "Such is our heritage" : Daughters of Utah Pioneers museums / Jessie L. Embry and Mauri Liljenquist Nelson -- "A repository for bottled monsters and medical curiousities" : the evolution of the Amry Medical Museum / Michael G. Rhode and James T.H. Connor -- Objects of dis/order : articulating curiosities and engaging people at the Freakatorium / Lucian Gomoll -- Cities, museums, and city museums / Eric Sandweiss -- Business as usual : can museums be bought? / Amy K. Levin -- Conclusion: Museums and the American imagination / Amy K. Levin
- Control code
- FIEb16913899
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 289 pages
- Isbn
- 9780759110496
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)76925203
- Label
- Defining memory : local museums and the construction of history in America's changing communities, edited by Amy K. Levin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-268) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Why local museums matter / Amy K. Levin -- Local history, "Old things to look at, " and a sculptor's vision : exploring local museums through curriculum theory / Elizabeth Vallance -- Public history, private memory : notes from the ethnography of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A. / Eric Gable and Richard Handler -- The House of Seven Gables : a house museum's adaptation to changing societal expectations since 1910 / Tami Christopher -- Louisiana's Old State Capitol Museum : castle on the Mississippi / J. Daniel d'Oney -- The small town we never were : Old Cowtown Museum faces an urban past / Jay Price -- "The dream then and now" : democratic nostalgia and the living museum at Arthurdale, West Virginia / Stuart Patterson -- History lessons : selling the John Dillinger Museum / Heather R. Perry -- The politics of prehistory : conflict and resolution at Dickson Mounds Museum / Donna Langford -- "Such is our heritage" : Daughters of Utah Pioneers museums / Jessie L. Embry and Mauri Liljenquist Nelson -- "A repository for bottled monsters and medical curiousities" : the evolution of the Amry Medical Museum / Michael G. Rhode and James T.H. Connor -- Objects of dis/order : articulating curiosities and engaging people at the Freakatorium / Lucian Gomoll -- Cities, museums, and city museums / Eric Sandweiss -- Business as usual : can museums be bought? / Amy K. Levin -- Conclusion: Museums and the American imagination / Amy K. Levin
- Control code
- FIEb16913899
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 289 pages
- Isbn
- 9780759110496
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)76925203
Subject
- Historic buildings -- United States
- Historic sites -- United States
- Historical museums -- United States
- Memory -- Social aspects -- United States
- Museums -- Social aspects -- United States
- Museums -- United States -- Management
- Public history -- United States
- United States -- History, Local
- Community life -- United States
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