Voices from the back stairs : interpreting servants' lives at historic house museums

Name/Title

Voices from the back stairs : interpreting servants' lives at historic house museums

Entry/Object ID

Library.1513

Description

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

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search 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, Jennifer

Publisher

Northern Illinois University Press

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

DeKalb

Call No.

E 159 .P867 2010

ISBN

9780875806228