Ebook: Defining Memory: Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities

Why local museums matter / Amy K. Levin -- Local history, "Old things to look at," and a sculptor's vision : exploring local museums through curriculum theory / Elizabeth Vallance -- Public history, private memory : notes from the ethnography of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A. / Eric Gable and Richard Handler -- The House of Seven Gables : a house museum's adaptation to changing societal expectations since 1910 / Tami Christopher -- Louisiana's Old State Capitol Museum : castle on the Mississippi / J. Daniel d'Oney -- The small town we never were : Old Cowtown Museum faces an urban past / Jay Price -- "The dream then and now" : democratic nostalgia and the living museum at Arthurdale, West Virginia / Stuart Patterson -- History lessons : selling the John Dillinger Museum / Heather R. Perry -- The politics of prehistory : conflict and resolution at Dickson Mounds Museum / Donna Langford -- "Such is our heritage" : Daughters of Utah Pioneers museums / Jessie L. Embry and Mauri Liljenquist Nelson -- "A repository for bottled monsters and medical curiousities" : the evolution of the Amry Medical Museum / Michael G. Rhode and James T.H. Connor -- Objects of dis/order : articulating curiosities and engaging people at the Freakatorium / Lucian Gomoll -- Cities, museums, and city museums / Eric Sandweiss -- Business as usual : can museums be bought? / Amy K. Levin -- Conclusion: Museums and the American imagination / Amy K. Levin.