Name/Title
Voices from the back stairs : interpreting servants' lives at historic house museumsEntry/Object ID
Library.1513Description
x, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-236) and index.
Contents: Shrines, Slave Quarters, and Social Relevance - The Changing Historic House Museum -- Interpretation of Domestic Service at Post-Civil War House Museums -- Ideal, the Real, and the Servant Problem -- PHOTO ESSAY I - The Servant Problem Illustrated -- Using the Servant Problem to Interpret Domestic Life -- Case Studies in Domestic Service Interpretation -- PHOTO ESSAY II - Contemporary Interpretations of Domestic Service -- Appendix 1: Text of Mail Questionnaire Sent to Historic House Museums -- Appendix 2: Additional Resources -- Works Cited -- Index.Collection
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Historic house museums -- Interpretive programs -- United States., Historic sites -- Interpretive programs -- United States., Household employees -- United States -- History -- 19th century., Household employees -- United States -- History -- 20th century., Household employees -- United States -- Social conditions., Household employees -- United States -- Social life and customs., Households -- United States -- History., United States -- History, Local., United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918., United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918.Publication Details
Author
Pustz, JenniferPublisher
Northern Illinois University PressPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
DeKalbCall No.
E 159 .P867 2010ISBN
9780875806228