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Sacred relics : pieces of the past in nineteenth-century America /
A piece of Plymouth Rock. A lock of George Washington's hair. Wood from the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. Various bits and pieces of the past-often called "association items"--May appear to be eccentric odds and ends, but they are valued because of their connections to promine...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A piece of Plymouth Rock. A lock of George Washington's hair. Wood from the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. Various bits and pieces of the past-often called "association items"--May appear to be eccentric odds and ends, but they are valued because of their connections to prominent people and events in American history. Kept in museum collections large and small across the United States, such objects are the touchstones of our popular engagement with history. In Sacred Relics, Teresa Barnett explores the history of private collections of items like these, illuminating ho. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 250 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 022605974X 1299784712 9781299784710 9780226059747 |