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    In The Familiar Made Strange**, twelve distinguished historians offer original and playful readings of American icons and artifacts that cut across rather than stop at the nation's borders to model new interpretive approaches to studying United States history.** These leading practitioners of the "transnational turn" pause to consider such famous icons as John Singleton Copley's painting Watson ... Read more

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  • Interpreting Historic House Museums

    Series series American Association for State and Local History
    Times are changing at historic house museums and no one is more aware of this than the fourteen contributors to Interpreting Historic House Museums. These respected museum professionals consider the history of house museums and the need to look at familiar issues from new perspectives and using new methods. If your site isn't using a comprehensive interpretive plan, how can you create one? While ... Read more

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