Taking Possession: The Politics of Memory in a St. Louis Town House

by Heidi Aronson Kolk

West of downtown St. Louis sits an 1851 town house that bears no obvious relationship to the monumental architecture, trendy condominiums, and sports stadia of its surroundings. Originally the residence of a fur-trade tycoon and now the Campbell House Museum, the house has been subject to energetic preservation and heritage work for some 130 years.

In Taking Possession, Heidi Aronson Kolk explores the complex and sometimes contradictory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625344155
• ISBN13: 9781625344151
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher