Domesticating history : the political origins of America's house museums

Author

West, Patricia

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill., bibliogr. ref., index ; xiii, 241 p. ; 1999

ISBN

1-56098-811-8

Publisher

Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Focusing on George Washington's Mount Vernon, Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House (Concord, MA), Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and the Booker T. Washington National Monument (Hardy, VA), the author shows how historic houses reflect less the lives and times of their famous inhabitants than the political pressures - abolition, women's suffrage, civil rights - of the eras during which they were transformed into museums, 1850s-1950s. Historic house museums during the 19th c. embodied the faith of white middle-class and elite women in the power of a common yet often sanitized vision of history. During the early 20th c., historic house-making increasingly reflected the interests of male politicians, corporations and museum professionals.

Subject (en)

• General works -- Museums and museology
• Historic monuments
• United States
• 1700-1900
• Residences
• Famous men
• Famous women
• Houses
• Museums
• Mount Vernon||Mount Vernon (VA, USA)
• Orchard House||Concord (MA, USA)
• Monticello!!Albemarle County (VA, USA)
• Booker T. Washington National Monument||Hardy (VA, USA)
• Washington, George, 1732-1799
• Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
• Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915
• Politics
• Abolitionists
• Suffrage
• Civil rights movement

Subject (fr)

• Généralités -- Musées et muséologie
• Monuments historiques
• Etats-Unis
• 1700-1900
• Résidence
• Hommes illustres
• Femmes illustres
• Maison
• Musée
• Mount Vernon||Mount Vernon (VA, USA)
• Orchard House||Concord (MA, USA)
• Monticello!!Albemarle County (VA, USA)
• Booker T. Washington National Monument||Hardy (VA, USA)
• Washington, George, 1732-1799
• Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
• Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915
• Politique
• Abolitionnistes
• Droit de vote
• Mouvement pour les Droits Civiques

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19991001-00212561

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