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The rapid expansion of the field of public history since the 1970s has led many to believe that it is a relatively new profession. In this book, Denise D. Meringolo shows that the roots of public history actually reach back to the nineteenth century, when the federal government entered into the work of collecting and preserving the nation's natural and cultural resources.

Denise D. Meringolo is associate professor of history and director of public history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Prologue: A New Kind of Technician In Search of the Culture of Public History	p. xiii
Science and Government Defining the Landscape
A Matter of National Dignity Education and Federal Authority	p. 3
Managing the Landscape National Parks, National Monuments, and the Use of Public Land	p. 26
Turning Nature into History The National Park Service and the Culture of Public History
Losing Their Identity National Park Service Museums and Federal Collections	p. 59
Ignorant and Local-Minded Influences Historic Sites and the Expansion of the National Park Service	p. 84
Real Park Service Men On the Ground and in the Books	p. 109
Whom Do We Serve? Public History and the Question of Authority
Park Service Diggers Public Historians and the Problem of Status	p. 131
Conclusion Toward a New Genealogy of Public History	p. 153
A Note on Sources	p. 169
Notes	p. 171
Index	p. 199
Illustrations follow page	p. 128
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Museums, Monuments, and National Parks

Museums, Monuments, and National Parks

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