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Williamsburg, Va. --- Williamsburg, Va. --- History --- Historic houses, etc
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Using exemplary approaches and methodologies, this volume addresses key concerns in the field such as amplifying voices of the African diaspora, the development of ethically sound inclusive archaeologies, the value of environmental analyses, and the advantages of virtual models. The research highlighted here provides state-of-the-art examples of how historical archaeology can be used to inform, engage, and educate"-- "Offering an in-depth look at historical archaeology, public history, and reconstruction in Colonial Williamsburg, this volume provides state-of-the-art examples of how the discipline can be used to inform, engage, and educate"--
Archaeology and history --- Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) --- Antiquities. --- History.
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This book identifies ways in which the conceptual approaches to heritage tourism studies can be applied by information scholars to gain new insights into the study of misinformation.
Common fallacies. --- Lindsborg (Kan.) --- Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) --- Gettysburg (Pa.)
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"On any given night, hundreds of guests walk the darkened streets of Colonial Williamsburg looking for ghosts. Since the early 2000s, both the museum and private companies have facilitated these hunts, offering year-round ghost tours. Critics have called these excursions a cash grab, but in truth, ghosts and hauntings have long been at the center of the Colonial Williamsburg project. The Spirit of Colonial Williamsburg examines how the long-dead past comes alive at this living-history museum. In the early twentieth century, local stories about the ghosts of former residents-among them Revolutionary War soldiers and nurses, tavern owners and prominent attorneys, and enslaved African Americans-helped to turn Williamsburg into a desirable site for historical restoration. But, for much of the twentieth century, the museum tried diligently to avoid any discussion of ghosts, considering them frivolous and lowbrow. Alena Pirok explores why historic sites have begun to embrace their spectral residents in recent decades, arguing that through them, patrons experience an emotional connection to place and a palpable understanding of the past through its people"--
Heritage tourism --- Public history --- Folklore and history --- Ghost stories, American --- Ghost tours --- Historic sites --- Social aspects --- Methodology. --- Interpretive programs --- Virginia --- Williamsburg (Va.) --- Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) --- Historiography. --- History.
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"The New History in an Old Museum is an exploration of "historical truth" as presented at Colonial Williamsburg. More than a detailed history of a museum and tourist attraction, it examines the packaging of American history, and consumerism and the manufacturing of cultural beliefs. Through extensive fieldwork - including numerous site visits, interviews with employees and visitors, and archival research - Richard Handler and Eric Gable illustrate how corporate sensibility blends with pedagogical principle in Colonial Williamsburg to blur the lines between education and entertainment, patriotism and revisionism." "During much of its existence, the "living museum" at Williamsburg has been considered a patriotic shrine, celebrating the upscale lifestyles of Virginia's colonial-era elite. But in recent decades a new generation of social historians has injected a more populist and critical slant to the site's narrative of nationhood. For example, in interactions with museum visitors, employees now relate stories about the experiences of African Americans and women, stories that several years ago did not enter into descriptions of life in Colonial Williamsburg. Handler and Gable focus on the way this public history is managed, as historians and administrators define historiographical policy and middle-level managers train and direct front-line staff to deliver this "product" to the public. They explore how visitors consume or modify what they hear and see, and reveal how interpreters and craftspeople resist or acquiesce in being managed. By deploying the voices of these various actors in a richly textured narrative, The New History in an Old Museum highlights the elements of cultural consensus that emerge from this cacophony of conflict and negotiation."--BOOK JACKET.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation --- History. --- Management. --- Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) --- Williamsburg (Va.) --- Williamsburg (Virg.) --- Histoire --- Colonial Williamsburg. --- Geschichte. --- Geschiedschrijving. --- História social. --- Musea. --- Museografia. --- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. --- Gestion. --- Histoire. --- Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.). --- Virginia --- Virginia. --- Williamsburg, Va. --- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General. --- Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated --- Williamsburg Restoration, Incorporated
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Drawing --- architecture [discipline] --- drawing [image-making] --- anatomy --- Buonarroti, Michelangelo --- Muscarelle Museum of Art [Williamsburg, Va]
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