Domesticating History

The Political Origins of America's House Museums

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy, Art & Architecture, General Art, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Patricia West ISBN: 9781588344250
Publisher: Smithsonian Publication: September 3, 2013
Imprint: Smithsonian Books Language: English
Author: Patricia West
ISBN: 9781588344250
Publisher: Smithsonian
Publication: September 3, 2013
Imprint: Smithsonian Books
Language: English

Celebrating the lives of famous men and women, historic house museums showcase restored rooms and period furnishings, and portray in detail their former occupants' daily lives. But behind the gilded molding and curtain brocade lie the largely unknown, politically charged stories of how the homes were first established as museums. Focusing on George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, and the Booker T. Washington National Monument, Patricia West shows how historic houses reflect less the lives and times of their famous inhabitants than the political pressures of the eras during which they were transformed into museums.

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Celebrating the lives of famous men and women, historic house museums showcase restored rooms and period furnishings, and portray in detail their former occupants' daily lives. But behind the gilded molding and curtain brocade lie the largely unknown, politically charged stories of how the homes were first established as museums. Focusing on George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, and the Booker T. Washington National Monument, Patricia West shows how historic houses reflect less the lives and times of their famous inhabitants than the political pressures of the eras during which they were transformed into museums.

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