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• catalog abstract ""The New History in an Old Museum is an exploration of "historical truth" as presented at Colonial Williamsburg. More than a detailed history of a museum and tourist attraction, it examines the packaging of American history, and consumerism and the manufacturing of cultural beliefs. Through extensive fieldwork - including numerous site visits, interviews with employees and visitors, and archival research - Richard Handler and Eric Gable illustrate how corporate sensibility blends with pedagogical principle in Colonial Williamsburg to blur the lines between education and entertainment, patriotism and revisionism." "During much of its existence, the "living museum" at Williamsburg has been considered a patriotic shrine, celebrating the upscale lifestyles of Virginia's colonial-era elite. But in recent decades a new generation of social historians has injected a more populist and critical slant to the site's narrative of nationhood. For example, in interactions with museum visitors, employees now relate stories about the experiences of African Americans and women, stories that several years ago did not enter into descriptions of life in Colonial Williamsburg. Handler and Gable focus on the way this public history is managed, as historians and administrators define historiographical policy and middle-level managers train and direct front-line staff to deliver this "product" to the public. They explore how visitors consume or modify what they hear and see, and reveal how interpreters and craftspeople resist or acquiesce in being managed. By deploying the voices of these various actors in a richly textured narrative, The New History in an Old Museum highlights the elements of cultural consensus that emerge from this cacophony of conflict and negotiation."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b10431826.
• catalog contributor b10431827.
• catalog coverage "Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)".
• catalog coverage "Williamsburg (Va.) History.".
• catalog created "1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
• catalog description ""The New History in an Old Museum is an exploration of "historical truth" as presented at Colonial Williamsburg. More than a detailed history of a museum and tourist attraction, it examines the packaging of American history, and consumerism and the manufacturing of cultural beliefs. Through extensive fieldwork - including numerous site visits, interviews with employees and visitors, and archival research - Richard Handler and Eric Gable illustrate how corporate sensibility blends with pedagogical principle in Colonial Williamsburg to blur the lines between education and entertainment, patriotism and revisionism." "During much of its existence, the "living museum" at Williamsburg has been considered a patriotic shrine, celebrating the upscale lifestyles of Virginia's colonial-era elite. But in recent decades a new generation of social historians has injected a more populist and critical slant to the site's narrative of nationhood. For example, in interactions with museum visitors, employees now relate stories about the experiences of African Americans and women, stories that several years ago did not enter into descriptions of life in Colonial Williamsburg. Handler and Gable focus on the way this public history is managed, as historians and administrators define historiographical policy and middle-level managers train and direct front-line staff to deliver this "product" to the public. They explore how visitors consume or modify what they hear and see, and reveal how interpreters and craftspeople resist or acquiesce in being managed. By deploying the voices of these various actors in a richly textured narrative, The New History in an Old Museum highlights the elements of cultural consensus that emerge from this cacophony of conflict and negotiation."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-257) and index.".
• catalog description "The new history in an old museum -- Imag[in]ing colonial Williamsburg -- Why history changes, or, Two theories of history making -- Just the facts -- Social history on the ground -- The company line : aspects of corporate culture at Colonial Williamsburg -- The front line : smile free or die -- Picket lines -- The bottom line.".
• catalog extent "x, 260 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "New history in an old museum.".
• catalog identifier "0822319748 (paper : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0822319780 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "New history in an old museum.".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Durham : Duke University Press,".
• catalog relation "New history in an old museum.".
• catalog spatial "Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)".
• catalog spatial "Williamsburg (Va.) History.".
• catalog subject "975.5/425202/0747554252 21".
• catalog subject "Colonial Williamsburg Foundation History.".
• catalog subject "Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Management.".
• catalog subject "F234.W7 H27 1997".
• catalog tableOfContents "The new history in an old museum -- Imag[in]ing colonial Williamsburg -- Why history changes, or, Two theories of history making -- Just the facts -- Social history on the ground -- The company line : aspects of corporate culture at Colonial Williamsburg -- The front line : smile free or die -- Picket lines -- The bottom line.".
• catalog title "The new history in an old museum : creating the past at Colonial Williamsburg / Richard Handler and Eric Gable.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".