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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791218403321

Autore

Dickey Jennifer W.

Titolo

A tough little patch of history : gone with the wind and the politics of memory / / Jennifer W. Dickey ; Liz Lester, design

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fayetteville, Arkansas : , : The University of Arkansas Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61075-543-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

069

Soggetti

Museums - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: The Little Woman, the Big Book, and the City Too Busy to Hate""; ""Chapter 2: Arousing an Interest in History""; ""Chapter 3: The Rocky Road to Tara""; ""Chapter 4: It Might Not Be Tara""; ""Chapter 5: The House of Broken Dreams""; ""Chapter 6: The House Shall Rise Again""; ""Chapter 7: The Power of the Storyteller""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""

Sommario/riassunto

<div>Jennifer W. Dickey is assistant professor and coordinator, public history program, Kennesaw State University. She is the author of <i>A History of the Berry Schools on the Mountain Campus</i> and co-editor of <i>Museums in a Global Context: National Identity, International Understanding</i>.</div>