Domesticating History: The Political Origins of America's House Museums by Patricia West

Domesticating History: The Political Origins of America's House Museums

Patricia West

256 pages first pub 1999 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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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 unkn...

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