Richard Handler

The New History in an Old Museum

Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg

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Produktbeschreibung

"This manuscript is a deep and original work of cultural critique. It will go a long way in improving the image of cultural studies scholarship among historians, anthropologists, and others, who hold it in suspicion. I am sure this study will be much cited as such an exemplar in several fields."--George E. Marcus, Rice University

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780822319740
• ISBN-10: 0822319748
• Artikelnr.: 22062195

Autorenporträt

Richard Handler is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia. Eric Gable is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Mary Washington College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
1. The New History in an Old Museum 3
2. Imag[in]ing Colonial Williamsburg 28
3. Why History Changes, or, Two Theories of History Making 50
4. Just the Facts 78
5. Social History on the Ground 102
6. The Company Line: Aspects of Corporate Culture at Colonial Williamsburg
125
7. The Front Line: Smile Free or Die 170
8. Picket Lines 208
9. The Bottom Line 220
Notes 237
Works Cited 249
Index 258