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The Politics of the Visitor Experience: Remembering Slavery at Museums and Plantations

Smith, Lauren
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1587733890900649

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2020, Bachelor of Arts, Ohio University, Political Science.
This thesis explores how historical sites impact the collective memory of slavery in the United States.
Kathleen Sullivan (Advisor)
55 p.
African American Studies; American History; Black History; History; Legal Studies; Modern History; Museums; Political Science
Slavery; collective memory; public history; visitor experience; American identity; historical memory; reconciliation; tokenism; Monticello; Montpelier; Hermitage; Whitney Plantation; Shirley Plantation; Equal Justice Initiative; Legacy Museum; NMAAHC

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  • Smith, L. (2020). The Politics of the Visitor Experience: Remembering Slavery at Museums and Plantations [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1587733890900649

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Smith, Lauren. The Politics of the Visitor Experience: Remembering Slavery at Museums and Plantations . 2020. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1587733890900649.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Smith, Lauren. "The Politics of the Visitor Experience: Remembering Slavery at Museums and Plantations ." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1587733890900649

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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