Private history in public : exhibition and the settings of everyday life

Private history in public : exhibition and the settings of everyday life / Tammy S. Gordon.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stone-Gordon, Tammy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : AltaMira Press, ©2010.
Series:American Association for State and Local History book series.
Subjects:
Historical museums > Exhibitions.
Public history > United States.
Public history > Canada.
Historical museums > Social aspects > United States.
Historical museums > Social aspects > Canada.
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES > Americana.
Historical museums
Historical museums > Social aspects
Philosophy
Public history
United States > History, Local > Philosophy.
Canada > History, Local > Philosophy.
Canada
United States
Exhibition catalogs
Local history
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Table of 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.

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