Ebook: Family ties: living history in Canadian house museums

Introduction -- 1 Artifactual experiences : the interplay of history, objects, and memory -- part one. Communal commitments to the nation : Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, ON -- 2. Imperialist idealizations and curatorial strategies in the domestic sphere -- 3 "Deck the halls" : performing dominance in multicultural Canada -- part two. Personalizing Canadian nationalism : Cartier House, Montreal, QC -- 4. Tactical pacts : Parks Canada, the Québécois, and confederation -- 5. The political dimensions of personal memories -- part three. Heritage-as-resource in the global marketplace : Mackenzie House, Toronto, ON -- 6. Toronto's branded histories : sustaining nationalist agendas in a global city -- 7. Soft selling diversity in a hard realm -- Conclusion.