Domesticating History: The Political Origins ofAmericas House Museums, Patricia West. Washing­ton D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press

The standard works on the origins of the historical preservation movement in the United States are Hosmer's two volumes (1965, 1981) . West takes a slightly different approach in this work, using the development of four specific house museums (Mount Vemon, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David L. Browman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 1999-11-01
Series:Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
Online Access:http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/275