Artifacts and the American past / Thomas J. Schlereth.

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Schlereth, Thomas J., author.

Title & Author:

Artifacts and the American past / Thomas J. Schlereth.

Publication:

Description:

vii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I: Graphics as artifacts -- Mirrors of the past: historical photography and American history -- Mail-order catalogs as resources in material culture studies -- Past cityscapes: uses of cartography in urban history -- II: Historic sites as artifacts -- Historic house museums: seven teaching strategies -- The historic museum village as a cross-disciplinary learning laboratory -- The 1876 centennial: a model for comparative American studies -- III: Landscapes as artifacts -- Vegetation as historical data: a historian's use of plants and natural material culture evidence -- Regional studies in America: the Chicago model -- Above-ground archaeology: discovering a community's history through local artifacts -- IV: Coda -- Collecting ideas and artifacts: common problems of history museums and history texts.
Also issued online.

Summary:

This book presents ways to explore and teach history outside the traditional classroom experience--by the study of historic photographs, mail-order catalogs, cartography, historic house museums and villages, the 1876 Centennial, plants and natural material culture, and regional studies through what the author calls above-ground archaeology.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0910050473
9780910050470

Subject:

Historical museums United States.
Photography in historiography.
History.
Historiography.
Museums.
Histoire Musées États-Unis.
Photographie en historiographie.
Histoire.
Historiographie.
Musées.
history (discipline)
historiography.
museums (institutions)
15.30 archaeology: general.
Antiquities
Civilization
Historical museums
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
United States Antiquities.
United States Civilization.
United States
États-Unis Antiquités.
États-Unis Civilisation.
United States History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 133409
Call No.: ID:86-B8020
Status: Available

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