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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Handler , Eric GablePublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9780822319740ISBN 10: 0822319748 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 17 July 1997 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix 1. The New History in an Old Museum 3 2. Imag[in]ing Colonial Williamsburg 28 3. Why History Changes, or, Two Theories of History Making 50 4. Just the Facts 78 5. Social History on the Ground 102 6. The Company Line: Aspects of Corporate Culture at Colonial Williamsburg 125 7. The Front Line: Smile Free or Die 170 8. Picket Lines 208 9. The Bottom Line 220 Notes 237 Works Cited 249 Index 258ReviewsIn this impressive ethnography of Williamsburg, Handler and Gable take us behind the scenes and show us the roles of professional historians, front-line interpreters, corporate officials, and service workers in shaping the portrait of eighteenth-century Virginia that is presented. I know of no other book that presents such a complete and complex portrait of the museum as a social, economic, and cultural institution. - Roy Rosenzweig, George Mason University A study quite unlike anything I've ever seen: in its depth of research, breadth of conception, theoretical sophistication, and incisiveness of judgment, it seems to me unmatched. - Peter Novick, University of Chicago This manuscript is a deep and original work of cultural critique. It will go a long way in improving the image of cultural studies scholarship among historians, anthropologists, and others, who hold it in suspicion. I am sure this study will be much cited as such an exemplar in several fields. - George E. Marcus, Rice University Author InformationRichard Handler is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia. Eric Gable is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Mary Washington College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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