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- catalog abstract ""Focusing on George Washington's Mount Vernon, Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and the Booker T. Washington National Monument, Patricia West shows how historic houses reflect less the lives and times of their famous inhabitants than the political pressures of the eras during which they were transformed into museums. In the late 1850s, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association evoked a mythologized George Washington to campaign for the "rescue" of his home, glossing over his role as a slaveholder to appeal to patrons on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. In 1912, the establishment of Orchard House as a museum paid homage to Alcott's novel Little Women and unified the Woman's Club of Concord, Massachusetts, which was bitterly divided over women's suffrage. In the 1920s and 1930s, Monticello became a touchstone for professional house restoration and an idealized Thomas Jefferson a focal point for a rift-weary Democratic Party. During the 1950s, the birthplace of Booker T. Washington became a monument created largely by politicians besieged by conflicts over civil rights." "In Domesticating History, West contends that house museum founders, while claiming to create sites strictly devoted to individual lives, were in fact establishing monuments steeped in the issues of their times."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11105542.
- catalog coverage "Booker T. Washington National Monument (Va.)".
- catalog coverage "Monticello (Va.)".
- catalog coverage "Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Focusing on George Washington's Mount Vernon, Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and the Booker T. Washington National Monument, Patricia West shows how historic houses reflect less the lives and times of their famous inhabitants than the political pressures of the eras during which they were transformed into museums. In the late 1850s, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association evoked a mythologized George Washington to campaign for the "rescue" of his home, glossing over his role as a slaveholder to appeal to patrons on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. In 1912, the establishment of Orchard House as a museum paid homage to Alcott's novel Little Women and unified the Woman's Club of Concord, Massachusetts, which was bitterly divided over women's suffrage. In the 1920s and 1930s, Monticello became a touchstone for professional house restoration and an idealized Thomas Jefferson a focal point for a rift-weary Democratic Party. During the 1950s, the birthplace of Booker T. Washington became a monument created largely by politicians besieged by conflicts over civil rights." "In Domesticating History, West contends that house museum founders, while claiming to create sites strictly devoted to individual lives, were in fact establishing monuments steeped in the issues of their times."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-231) and index.".
- catalog description "Inventing a house undivided: antebellum cultural politics and the enshrinement of Mount Vernon -- Gender politics and the Orchard House museum -- Campaigning for Monticello -- "The bricks of compromise settle into place": Booker T. Washington's birthplace and the civil rights movement.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 241 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1560988118 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1560988363 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
- catalog spatial "Booker T. Washington National Monument (Va.)".
- catalog spatial "Monticello (Va.)".
- catalog spatial "Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973 21".
- catalog subject "Dwellings Conservation and restoration United States History.".
- catalog subject "E159 .W445 1999".
- catalog subject "Historic house museums United States History.".
- catalog subject "Historical museums United States History.".
- catalog subject "Orchard House Museum (Concord, Mass.)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Inventing a house undivided: antebellum cultural politics and the enshrinement of Mount Vernon -- Gender politics and the Orchard House museum -- Campaigning for Monticello -- "The bricks of compromise settle into place": Booker T. Washington's birthplace and the civil rights movement.".
- catalog title "Domesticating history : the political origins of America's house museums / Patricia West.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".