Taking Possession The Politics of Memory in a St. Louis Town House |
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| Author:
| Kolk, Heidi Aronson |
| Series title: | Public History in Historical Perspective Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62534-414-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2019 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $127.00 |
Book Description:
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West of downtown St. Louis sits an 1851 town house that bears no obvious relationship to its surroundings. Now the Campbell House Museum, the house has been subject to energetic preservation and heritage work. Heidi Aronson Kolk explores the complex and sometimes contradictory motivations for safeguarding the house as a site of public memory.
West of downtown St. Louis sits an 1851 town house that bears no obvious relationship to its surroundings. Now the Campbell House Museum, the house has been subject to energetic preservation and heritage work. Heidi Aronson Kolk explores the complex and sometimes contradictory motivations for safeguarding the house as a site of public memory.