The Mass Production of Memory

Tammy S Gordon

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• In 1888, the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company offered the first portable camera that allowed users to conveniently take photos, using leisure travel... Lees meer

Exhibiting Evangelicalism

Devin C Manzullo-Thomas

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• Religion is a subject often overlooked or ignored by public historians. Whether they are worried about inadvertent proselytizing or fearful of contrib... Lees meer

Museums, Monuments, and National Parks

Denise D Meringolo

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• Reconstructs the genesis and evolution of the field of public history Lees meer

Remember Little Rock

Erin Devlin

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• In Remember Little Rock Erin Krutko Devlin explores public memories surrounding the iconic Arkansas school desegregation crisis of 1957 and shows how ... Lees meer

Bending the Future

• Paperback | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• The year 2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, the cornerstone of historic preservation policy and practice i... Lees meer

Lost on the Freedom Trail

Seth C Bruggeman

• Paperback | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• Boston National Historical Park is one of America's most popular heritage destinations, drawing in millions of visitors annually. Tourists flock there... Lees meer

The Genealogical Sublime

Julia Creet

• Paperback | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• Since the early 2000s, genealogy has become a lucrative business, an accelerating online industry, a massive data mining project, and fodder for reali... Lees meer

Collecting the Globe

George H Schwartz

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• The East India Marine Society Museum was one of the most influential collecting institutions in nineteenth-century America. From 1799 to 1867, when Sa... Lees meer

From Storefront to Monument

Andrea A Burns

• Paperback | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• Winner of the 2015 National Council on Public History Book Award Today well over two hundred museums focusing on African American history and culture ... Lees meer

The Spirit of Colonial Williamsburg

Alena Pirok

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• On any given night, hundreds of guests walk the darkened streets of Colonial Williamsburg looking for ghosts. Since the early 2000s, both the museum a... Lees meer

Cross-Border Commemorations

Adam Hjorthén

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• The histories of colonial settlement in America are generally presented as uniquely national stories. Yet because these histories involved settlers wh... Lees meer

Alice Morse Earle and the Domestic History of Early America

Susan Reynolds Williams

• Paperback | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• Author, collector, and historian Alice Morse Earle (1851-1911) was among the most important and prolific writers of her day. Between 1890 and 1904, sh... Lees meer

Taking Possession

Heidi Kolk

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• West of downtown St. Louis sits an 1851 town house that bears no obvious relationship to the monumental architecture, trendy condominiums, and sports ... Lees meer

The Spirit of 1976

Tammy Gordon, Tammy Stone-Gordon

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• The most important national commemoration of the twentieth century, the 1976 bicentennial celebration gave rise to a broad-ranging debate over how the... Lees meer

Remembering the Revolution

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• In today's United States, the legacy of the American Revolution looms large. From presidential speeches to bestselling biographies, from conservative ... Lees meer

Out of the Attic

Briann G Greenfield

• Paperback | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• In this era of Antiques Roadshow and eBay, it is hard to imagine a time when Americans did not treasure the home furnishings of elite early American f... Lees meer

The Stages of Memory

James E Young

• Paperback | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• Winner of the 2017 National Council on Public History Book Award From around the world, whether for New York City's 9/11 Memorial, at exhibits devoted... Lees meer

Shaker Fever

William D Moore

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• Americans were enthralled by the Shakers in the years between 1925 and 1965. They bought Shaker furniture, saw Shaker worship services enacted on Broa... Lees meer

Clio's Foot Soldiers

Lara Kelland

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• Collective memories are key to social movements. Activists draw on a shared history to build identity, create movement cohesion, and focus political p... Lees meer

"History Is Bunk"

Jessie Swigger

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• In 1916 a clearly agitated Henry Ford famously proclaimed that "history is more or less bunk." Thirteen years later, however, he opened the outdoor hi... Lees meer

Remembering the Revolution

• Paperback | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• In today's United States, the legacy of the American Revolution looms large. From presidential speeches to bestselling biographies, from conservative ... Lees meer

The Genealogical Sublime

Julia Creet

• Hardcover | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• Since the early 2000s, genealogy has become a lucrative business, an accelerating online industry, a massive data mining project, and fodder for reali... Lees meer

Preserving Maritime America

James M Lindgren

• Paperback | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• The United States has long been dependent on the seas, but Americans know little about their maritime history. While Britain and other countries have ... Lees meer

Cross-Border Commemorations

Adam Hjorthén

• Paperback | Engels | Public History in Historical Perspective
• The histories of colonial settlement in America are generally presented as uniquely national stories. Yet because these histories involved settlers wh... Lees meer