Reconsidering Interpretation of Heritage Sites: America in the Eighteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9781629582702 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 168 str.

Anne Lindsay

Opis

Reconsidering Interpretation of Heritage Sites chronicles and problematizes the representation of the Eighteenth Century in museums and heritage sites, whilst also challenging public historians to alter their perceptions of what might be possible when interpreting such sites.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1: Interpreting the Lived Experience of Individuals and Families in the Eighteenth-Century; Chapter 2: Eighteenth-Century Interpretations of Environmental and Global Contexts at Historic Sites; Chapter 3: Breathing Life into Historic House Museums; Chapter 4: Interpreting Eighteenth-Century Streets and Gardens in the Urban Environment; Chapter 5: Problematizing Eighteenth-Century Interpretation in the Homes of the Founders; Epilogue; Index

O autorze

Anne Lindsay is an Assistant Professor of History and the coordinator of the Capital Campus Public History Program at California State University, Sacramento. She holds a PhD in Public History from the University of California, Riverside. Her research considers eighteenth-century heritage tourism for twenty-first-century audiences. As a practitioner, she works in historic preservation and heritage tourism. She lives in northern California with her husband and three furry research assistants.