LibGuides: Public History: Living History & Historic Sites: Books

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Reference Books

Caring for the Past, Managing for the Future: Federal Stewardship and America's Historic Legacy by Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Call Number: Doc Y 3.H 62:2/2003004234/SUM. Copy 1 (Online)
Publication Date: 2001
Washington, DC : Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Encyclopedia of American National Parks by Hal K. Rothman; Sara Dant Ewert
ISBN: 9780765680570
Publication Date: 2004-06-30
Examines the history, development, and legacy of the National Park System.
Living History Museums: Undoing History Through Performance by Scott Magelssen
ISBN: 9780810858657
Publication Date: 2007-02-01
Examines the performance techniques of Living History Museums, cultural institutions that merge historical exhibits with costumed live performance. This work analyses institutions such as Plimoth Plantation and Colonial Williamsburg from a theatrical perspective, offering a genealogy of living museum performance.
Managing Historic Sites and Buildings by Gill Chitty (Editor); David Baker (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415208154
Publication Date: 1999-10-05
This volume examines the choices and tensions that exist in the conservation and interpretation of our historic built heritage. Using a case-study format, the contributions come from a wide-range of heritage professionals.