9780874742336 - Past Meets Present: Essays About Historic Interpretation and Public Audiences (4 Ergebnisse)

1987. Museum studies. Smithsonian Institution Press. Very good paperback 169p.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. A crease to bottom corner of front cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A collection of essays by different authors on aspects of presenting History to the public, all from an American perspective as of the mid 1980s. The essays are: ''Past Meets Present: Field Notes on Historical Sites, Programs, Professionalism and Visitors'' by Jo Blatti, ''Taking Down the Velvet Rope: Cultural Geography and the Human Landscape'' by Peirce Lewis, ''Public History and the Historic Preservation District'' by Elizabeth Collins Cromley, ''The Politics of Public History'' by Michael Wallace, ''What Might Have Been and What Has Been: Fictional Public Art about the Real Past'' by Jane Greengold, ''History Museums and the Culture of Materialism'' by Michael J Ettema, ''Photographs 86'' by Patricia Layman Bazelon, ''Exhibition as (Art) Form'' by Barbara Fahs Charles, ''So the Seams Don't Show'' by Irene U Burnham, ''Intentions and Accomplishments: Principles of Museum Evaluation Research'' by Mary Ellen Munley, ''A Broader Vision: Exhibits that Change the Way Visitors Look at the Past'' by Warren Leon, and ''Audience Expectations as Resource and Challenge: Ellis Island as Case Study'' by Michael H Frisch and Dwight Pitcaithley. 169pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:0874742331.

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