Description |
1 online resource (xv, 153 pages) |
Series |
American Association for State and Local History book series |
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American Association for State and Local History book series.
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Contents |
Historical display, commerce, and community -- Toward a new typology of historical exhibition in the United States -- Community exhibition : history, identity, and dialogue -- Entrepreneurial exhibition : historical display and the small business tradition -- Vernacular exhibition and the business of history -- Local history, global economy : the functions of history exhibits in the settings of daily life |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Historical museums -- Exhibitions
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Public history -- United States
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Public history -- Canada
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Historical museums -- Social aspects -- United States
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Historical museums -- Social aspects -- Canada
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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES -- Americana.
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Historical museums
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Historical museums -- Social aspects
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Philosophy
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Public history
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SUBJECT |
United States -- History, Local -- Philosophy
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Canada -- History, Local -- Philosophy
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Subject |
Canada
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs
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Local history
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2021678966 |
ISBN |
9780759119369 |
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0759119368 |
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1282479628 |
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9781282479623 |
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9786612479625 |
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6612479620 |
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0759119368 |
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