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The Public Historian
A Journal of Public History
Volume 31    February 2009     Number 1


Public History in Canada

Public History in Canada: An Introduction
  Lyle Dick

Canadians and their Pasts
  Margaret Conrad, Jocelyn Létourneau, and David Northrup

Museums and Media: A Canadian Perspective
  Andrée Gendreau

Experts on Our Own Lives: Commemorating Canada at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century
  Veronica Strong-Boag

Canada’s Historic Sites: A Quarter Century of Reflections, 1980 to 2005
  Frits Pannekoek

“Battle and Burial”: Recapturing the Cultural Meaning of Canada’s National Memorial on Vimy Ridge
  Jacqueline Hucker

Canadian Museum and Historic Site Reviews

Quebec City, Now and Then: A Review Essay
  Andrée Gendreau

Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site of Canada
  Reviewed by Sarah Carter

Batoche National Historic Site of Canada
  Reviewed by Keith Thor Carlson

The Underground Railroad: Next Stop Freedom
  Reviewed by Shannon Ricketts

Progress and Permanence: Women and the New Brunswick Museum, 1880-1980
  Reviewed by Bonnie Huskins

Book Reviews

Projecting Canada: Government Policy and Documentary Film at the National Film Board by Zoë Druick
  Reviewed by Bill Nichols

Museum Origins: Readings in Early Museum History and Philosophy edited by Hugh H. Genoways and Mary Anne Andrei
  Reviewed by Terri Castaneda

Inventing the Fiesta City: Heritage and Carnival in San Antonio by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman
  Reviewed by Jesús F. de la Teja

The Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics, and Everyday Life edited by Gyan Prakash and Kevin M. Kruse
  Reviewed by Paul J.P. Sandul

A President, a Church, and Trails West: Competing Histories in Independence, Missouri by Jon E. Taylor
  Reviewed by Regina Faden

Archives and Justice: A South African Perspective by Verne Harris
  Reviewed by Louis P. Hutchins

The Lost World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian by Heather Ewing
  Reviewed by Andrew J. Lewis

Creating Great Visitor Experiences:  A Guide for Museums, Parks, Zoos, Gardens, and Libraries by Stephanie Weaver
  Reviewed by Sandra Mackenzie Lloyd

Preserving and Enhancing Communities:  A Guide for Citizens, Planners, and Policymakers edited by Elisabeth M. Hamin, Priscilla Geigis, and Linda Silka
  Reviewed by Marie Nelson

College and University Archives: Readings in Theory and Practice edited by Christopher J. Prom and Ellen D. Swain
  Reviewed by Chuck Wilson


 Weigh in on Providence
The Public Historian will be organizing a special review section devoted to the historic museums and sites in and around Providence, the host city for the upcoming NCPH Annual Meeting in April. If you will be attending the meeting and are interested in being considered as a reviewer, please send a c.v. along with a description of your qualifications to write exhibit and historic site reviews and your pertinent areas of expertise to Julia Brock, Assistant Book Review Editor, The Public Historian, jbrock@umail.ucsb.edu.










































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