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Virginia gazette.
Year: 1893 Publisher: Williamsburg, Va. : Johnston & Mills,

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Virginia gazette.
Year: 1893 Publisher: Williamsburg, Va. : Johnston & Mills,

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Official guide to Colonial Williamsburg
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ISBN: 087935111X Year: 1994 Publisher: Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg foundation

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Colonial Williamsburg official guidebook : containing a brief history of the city and descriptions of more than one hundred dwelling-houses, shops & publick buildings
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Year: 1962 Publisher: Williamsburg, Va.: The Foundation,

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A brief and true report for the traveller concerning Williamsburg in Virginia, : being an account of the most important occurrences in this place from its first beginning to the present time. Also containing a handsome map showing buildings & sites of parti
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Year: 1936 Publisher: Richmond : Printed for Colonial Williamsburg, incorporated on the press of A. Dietz and his son,

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Historical archaeology in the twenty-first century
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ISBN: 0813067227 081306905X 9780813057934 0813057930 9780813069050 Year: 2021 Publisher: Gainesville, FL

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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"--


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Authenticity : understanding misinformation through the study of heritage tourism
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ISBN: 9781538172360 Year: 2022 Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,

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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.


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The Spirit of Colonial Williamsburg : Ghosts and Interpreting the Recreated Past.
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ISBN: 161376975X Year: 2022 Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press,

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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"--

The new history in an old museum : creating the past at Colonial Williamsburg
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ISBN: 0822319748 0822319780 0822398524 9780822319788 9780822319740 Year: 1997 Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press,

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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.


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Michelangelo: anatomy as architecture, drawings by the master
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ISBN: 9780970572547 Year: 2010 Publisher: Williamsburg, Va College of William and Mary, Muscarelle Museum of Art

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