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Telling America's Stories Through Places

A Guide to Historical Site Interpretation

Melissa Bingmann (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7656-4169-4 (ISBN)

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Telling America’s Stories Through Places combines the methodologies of the public historian, practitioner, and the participant and observer to survey several types of historic sites with an emphasis on how to provide meaningful experiences for visitors. Coverage expands beyond the traditional interpreter-led tour to include videos, exhibitions, and other types of interpretive media as well as sites that are not typically categorized as a house museum. Part I of the book examines different types of sites, from historic homes to battlefields to urban neighborhoods. Part II introduces characteristics of different forms of site stewardship. Part III presents the exemplary techniques identified in Part I as a practical set of tools.

Melissa Bingmann is Director of Public History and Assistant Professor of History at the University of West Virginia. She is the author of Prep School Cowboys: Ranch Schools in the American West.

Introduction

Part I: An Overview of the Types of Sites to be Found and the Stories They Can Tell

1. Presidents' Homes

2. Sites of Lesser-Known Historical Actors

3. Legacy Sites

4. Interpreting Slavery in Urban Spaces and Northern Sites

5. Industrial Sites and Labor History

6. Military History: Battlefields and Forts

7. World War II Sites

8. Native American Sites and Sacred Places

9. Sexuality at Historic Sites

10. Social Utopian Communities

11. Urban Walking Tours

12. Heritage Corridors, Trails, and Historic Places that Require Transportation

Part II: The Significance of Ownership in Shaping Historical Narratives

13. Non-profit Historic Sites

14. Government Sites

15. For-Profit Sites and Corporate Sites

16. Church Owned Sites

Part III: Techniques

17. Using the Stuff of History to Tell Stories

18. Common Pitfalls and Turn-offs

19. The Methodology of Researching and Writing about Historic Sites

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2026
Zusatzinfo	20 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7656-4169-0 / 0765641690
ISBN-13	978-0-7656-4169-4 / 9780765641694
Zustand	Neuware