Museums, Monuments and National Parks: Toward a New Geneaology of Public History

Museums, Monuments and National Parks: Toward a New Geneaology of Public History Meringolo Denise D. Wydawca: University of Massachusetts Press Data wydania: 2012 ISBN: 9781558499409 Liczba stron: 256 Format: Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: 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 US federal government entered into the work of collecting and preserving America s natural and cultural resources.