Private history in public : exhibition and the settings of everyday life /
In small community museums, truck stops, restaurants, bars, barbershops, schools, and churches, people create displays to tell the histories that matter to them. Much of this history is personal: family history, community history, history of a trade, or the history of something considered less than...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
AltaMira Press,
©2010.
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| Series: | American Association for State and Local History book series.
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| Online Access: | Ebook Central Academic Complete |
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| Summary: | In small community museums, truck stops, restaurants, bars, barbershops, schools, and churches, people create displays to tell the histories that matter to them. Much of this history is personal: family history, community history, history of a trade, or the history of something considered less than genteel. It is often history based on the historical record, but also based on feelings, beliefs, and memory. It is neglected history. Private History in Public is about those history exhibits that complicate the public/private dichotomy, exhibits that serve to explain communities, families, and i. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 153 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780759119369 0759119368 |