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Voices from the back stairs: interpreting servants' lives at historic house museums

Author

Pustz, Jennifer

Publisher

Northern Illinois University Press

Publication Date

c2010

Language

English

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Endicott College - General Collection
E 159 .P867 2010
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Shrines, slave quarters, and social relevance : the changing historic house museum

Interpretation of domestic service at post-Civil War house museums

The ideal, the real, and the servant problem

Photo essay I: The servant problem illustrated

Using the servant problem to interpret domestic life

Case studies in domestic service interpretation

Photo essay II: Contemporary interpretations of domestic service

Appendix 1: Text of mail questionnaire sent to historic house museums

Appendix 2: Additional resources.

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Subjects

Historic house museums
Historic house museums -- Interpretive programs -- United States
Historic sites
Historic sites -- Interpretive programs -- United States
History
History, Local
Household employees
Household employees -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Household employees -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Household employees -- United States -- Social conditions
Household employees -- United States -- Social life and customs
Households
Households -- United States -- History
Interpretive programs
Social conditions
Social life and customs
United States -- History, Local
United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918

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9780875806228

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