New History in an Old Museum Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg

Name: New History in an Old Museum Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg
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ISBN: 9780822319740

ISBN-10: 0822319748

ISBN-13: 9780822319740

Edition: 1997

Authors: Richard Handler, Eric Gable

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"In this impressive ethnography of Williamsburg, Handler and Gable take us behind the scenes and show us the roles of professional historians, front-line interpreters, corporate officials, and service workers in shaping the portrait of eighteenth-century Virginia that is presented. I know of no other book that presents such a complete and complex portrait of the museum as a social, economic, and cultural institution."--Roy Rosenzweig, George Mason University

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 7/17/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.84" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The New History in an Old Museum



Imag[in]ing Colonial Williamsburg



Why History Changes, or, Two Theories of History Making



Just the Facts



Social History on the Ground



The Company Line: Aspects of Corporate Culture at Colonial Williamsburg



The Front Line: Smile Free or Die



Picket Lines



The Bottom Line


Notes


Works Cited


Index