Domesticating History : The Political Origins of America's House Museums
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1560988363
ISBN-13
9781560988366
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Imprint
Smithsonian Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 17th, 1999
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
346 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.30 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
History of architectureHistory of the Americas
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Celebrating the lives of famous men and women, historic house museums showcase restored rooms and period furnishings, and portray in detail their former occupants'' daily lives. But behind the gilded molding and curtain brocade lie the largely unknown, politically charged stories of how the homes were first established as museums. Focusing on George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, and the Booker T. Washington National Monument, Patricia West shows how historic houses reflect less the lives and times of their famous inhabitants than the political pressures of the eras during which they were transformed into museums.
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