- Description
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 207 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Museums, monuments, and national parks (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Museums, monuments, and national parks (Online)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-198) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Prologue : a new kind of technician : in search of the culture of public history -- A matter of national dignity : education and federal authority -- Managing the landscape : national parks, national monuments, and the use of public land -- Losing their identity : National Park Service museums and federal collections -- Ignorant and local-minded influences : historic sites and the expansion of the National Park Service -- Real park service men : on the ground and in the books -- Park service diggers : public historians and the problem of status -- Conclusion : toward a new genealogy of public history.
- LCCN
- 2012016865
- OCLC
- ssj0000760173
- Author
Meringolo, Denise D., 1968-
- Title
Museums, monuments, and national parks [electronic resource] : toward a new genealogy of public history / Denise D. Meringolo.
- Imprint
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2012.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-198) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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