Alice Morse Earle and the Domestic History of Early America

Williams, Susan Reynolds

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Susan Reynolds Williams

From: Alice Morse Earle and the Domestic History of Early America

University of Massachusetts Press colophon

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vii Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Hunting for Alice Morse Earle 1 1. Family Matters 16 2. Parlor Culture, Public Culture 33 3. New England Kismet 63 4. The China Hunter 86 5. Writing the Past 112 6. Home Life and History 137 7. Remembering the Garden 157 8. Genealogy and the Quest for an Inherited Future 178 9. Toward a New Public History 205 Conclusion 226 Notes 233 Chronological Bibliography of Alice Morse Earle’s Works 295 Index 301 “This page intentionally left blank” ...

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