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Author Handler, Richard, 1950-

Title The new history in an old museum : creating the past at Colonial Williamsburg / Richard Handler and Eric Gable
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 1997

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 MELB  975.5425202 Han/Nhi  AVAILABLE
Description x, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. The New History in an Old Museum -- 2. Imag[in]ing Colonial Williamsburg -- 3. Why History Changes, or, Two Theories of History Making -- 4. Just the Facts -- 5. Social History on the Ground -- 6. The Company Line: Aspects of Corporate Culture at Colonial Williamsburg -- 7. The Front Line: Smile Free or Die -- 8. Picket Lines -- 9. The Bottom Line
Analysis Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - History
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - Management
Historic buildings - United States
Historic sites - Interpretive programs - United States
Interpretation of cultural and natural resources
Williamsburg (Va.) - History
Notes Includes bibliographical references
Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-257) and index
Subject Colonial Williamsburg Foundation -- History.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation -- Management.
Historical museums -- United States.
SUBJECT Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002163750
Williamsburg (Va.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146795
Author Gable, Eric, 1955-
LC no. 96006519
ISBN 0822319748 (paper : alk. paper)
0822319780 (cloth : alk. paper)