| Description |
xiv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Critical perspectives on the past |
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Critical perspectives on the past.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Battlefields of Memory -- Visiting the Past: History Museums in the United States -- Razor Ribbons, History Museums, and Civic Salvation -- Boat People: Immigrant History at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island -- Progress Talk: Museums of Science, Technology, and Industry -- Industrial Museums and the History of Deindustrialization -- The Virtual Past: Media and History Museums -- Museums and Controversy -- Mickey Mouse History: Portraying the Past at Disney World -- Disney's America -- Preserving the Past: A History of Historic Preservation in the United States -- Preservation Revisited -- Ronald Reagan and the Politics of History -- The Battle of the Enola Gay |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Historic preservation -- United States.
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Historic sites -- Interpretive programs -- United States.
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Historical museums -- United States.
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| LC no. |
96003555 |
| ISBN |
1566394449 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1566394457 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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