Voices from the Back Stairs Interpreting Servants' Lives at Historic House Museums

Name: Voices from the Back Stairs Interpreting Servants' Lives at Historic House Museums
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ISBN: 9780875806228

ISBN-10: 0875806228

ISBN-13: 9780875806228

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jennifer Pustz

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Explores the importance of and challenges surrounding accurately and fairly interpeting the household servants at historic house museums.

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 10/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Shrines, Slave Quarters, and Social Relevance-The Changing Historic House Museum



Interpretation of Domestic Service at Post-Civil War House Museums



The Ideal, the Real, and the Servant Problem



The Servant Problem Illustrated



Using the Servant Problem to Interpret Domestic Life



Case Studies in Domestic Service Interpretation



Contemporary Interpretations of Domestic Service


Appendix l


Appendix 2


Notes


Works Cited


Index