New Town Square : Museums and Communities in Transition, Paperback by Archiba...

Description: New Town Square : Museums and Communities in Transition, Paperback by Archibald, Robert R., ISBN 0759102880, ISBN-13 9780759102880, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In this lyrical volume Robert R. Archibald explores a growing crisis of modern America: the dissolution of place that leads to a dangerous rupture of community. Community—born historically within the collective space of the town square where citizens come together to share stories and make meaning of their common histories—is dissipating as Americans are increasingly isolated from that shared space and are being submerged into an individualistic consumer monoculture with disregard for the common good. This volume examines how public history museums and historians can help restore community by offering a source of identity for people and their places, becoming a wellspring of community and an incubator of democracy, a consciousness of connection with a responsibility to those in our past and future. The New Town Square offers its readers a space to understand and celebrate the shared space of community, and is a vital resource for public historians and those interested in restoring the meaning of community.

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Book Title: New Town Square : Museums and Communities in Transition

Number of Pages: 232 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: New Town Square : Museums and Communities in Transition

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

Item Height: 0.6 in

Subject: United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, United States / General

Publication Year: 2004

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Item Weight: 13 Oz

Item Length: 8.9 in

Author: Robert R. Archibald

Subject Area: Travel, Référence, Social Science, Psychology, History

Series: American Association for State and Local History Ser.

Item Width: 6.6 in

Format: Trade Paperback