Private History in Public - Exhibition and the Settings of Everyday Life

Informationen zum Autor By Tammy S. Gordon - Foreword by Harold Skramstad Klappentext Private History in Public examines history exhibits in small community museums and non-museum settings like bars, churches, and barbershops and argues that these exhibits promote dialogue on historical topics by engaging visitors with individualized perspectives. Zusammenfassung Private History in Public examines history exhibits in small community museums and non-museum settings like bars! churches! and barbershops and argues that these exhibits promote dialogue on historical topics by engaging visitors with individualized perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordIntroduction: Historical Display, Commerce, and CommunityToward a New Typology of Historical Exhibition in the United StatesCommunity Exhibition: History, Identity, and DialogueEntrepreneurial Exhibition: Historical Display and the Small Business TraditionVernacular Exhibition and the Business of HistoryLocal History, Global Economy: The Functions of History Exhibits in the Settings of Daily Life

Product details

• Authors: Tammy Gordon, Tammy S Gordon, Tammy S. Gordon, Gordon Tammy S.
• Assisted by: Skramstad Harold (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.01.2010
• EAN: 9780759119352
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-1935-2
• No. of pages: 170
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Series: American Association for State & Local History; American Association for State; American Association for State; American Association for State & Local History; American Association for State and Local History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; ART / Museum Studies, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, American Studies;Oral History;Public History