1st Edition

Reconsidering Interpretation of Heritage Sites America in the Eighteenth Century

By Anne Lindsay Copyright 2020
182 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Reconsidering Interpretation of Heritage Sites chronicles and problematizes the representation of the eighteenth century in museums and heritage sites while also challenging public historians to alter their perceptions of what might be possible when interpreting such sites. Much of the history consumed at eighteenth-century historic sites is one-dimensional, white, male, heteronormative,... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1: Interpreting the Lived Experience of Individuals and Families in the Eighteenth-Century

Chapter 2: Eighteenth-Century Interpretations of Environmental and Global Contexts at Historic Sites

Chapter 3: Breathing Life into Historic House Museums

Chapter 4: Interpreting Eighteenth-Century Streets and Gardens in the Urban Environment

Chapter 5: Problematizing Eighteenth-Century Interpretation in the Homes of the Founders

Epilogue

Index

Biography

Anne Lindsay is an Assistant Professor of History and the coordinator of the Capital Campus Public History Program at California State University, Sacramento. She holds a PhD in Public History from the University of California, Riverside. Her research considers eighteenth-century heritage tourism for twenty-first-century audiences. As a practitioner, she works in historic preservation and heritage tourism. She lives in northern California with her husband and three furry research assistants.