Voices from the back stairs : interpreting servants' lives at historic house museums / Jennifer Pustz.
2010
E159 .P867 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Voices from the back stairs : interpreting servants' lives at historic house museums / Jennifer Pustz.
Author
Pustz, Jennifer.
ISBN
9780875806228 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0875806228 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0875806228 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
x, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
E159 .P867 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
973
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.