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Author Young, Linda, 1953 June 16- author.

Title Historic house museums in the United States and the United Kingdom : a history / Linda Young.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Heroes' houses: the home of the nation personified -- Heroes' houses: literary and other identities -- Artwork houses and national aesthetics -- Collectors' houses: egos and afterlives -- Social history house museums -- Authenticity: material reality, negotiated understanding -- The english country house -- The significance, insignificance and future of house museums.
Summary "This book addresses the phenomenon of historic houses as a distinct species of museum. By analyzing the motivation of the founders, and subsequent keepers, of house museums, the author identifies a typology that casts light on what they were intended to represent and their significance (or lack of it) today."--Provided by publisher
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Subject Historic house museums -- United States -- History.
Historic house museums.
United States.
History.
Historic house museums -- United States -- Management.
Management.
Dwellings -- Conservation and restoration -- United States -- History.
Dwellings -- Conservation and restoration.
Historic house museums -- Great Britain -- History.
Historic house museums -- Great Britain -- Management.
Dwellings -- Conservation and restoration -- Great Britain -- History.
Dwellings.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
Great Britain.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Genre/Form History.
Other Form: Print version: Young, Linda, 1953 June 16 author. Historic house museums in the United States and the United Kingdom. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] 9781442239760 (DLC) 2016036311
ISBN 9781442239777 (electronic)
1442239778
9781442239760 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
144223976X (cloth ; alkaline paper)

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