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Museums, Monuments, and National Parks : Toward a New Genealogy of Public History /
"The rapid expansion of the field of public history since the 1970s has led many to believe that it is a relatively new profession. In this book, Denise D. Meringolo shows that the roots of public history actually reach back to the nineteenth century, when the federal government entered into th...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue : a new kind of technician : in search of the culture of public history
- A matter of national dignity : education and federal authority
- Managing the landscape : national parks, national monuments, and the use of public land
- Losing their identity : National Park Service museums and federal collections
- Ignorant and local-minded influences : historic sites and the expansion of the National Park Service
- Real park service men : on the ground and in the books
- Park service diggers : public historians and the problem of status
- Conclusion : toward a new genealogy of public history.