Reconsidering Interpretation of Heritage Sites: America in the Eighteenth Century

by Anne Lindsay

Book Overview

Reconsidering Interpretation of Heritage Sites chronicles and problematizes the representation of the eighteenth century in museums and heritage sites while also challenging public historians to alter their perceptions of what might be possible when interpreting such sites.

Much of the history consumed at eighteenth-century historic sites is one-dimensional, white, male, heteronormative, and very focused on power and wealth. Anne...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629582719
• ISBN13: 9781629582719
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"