{"product_id":"curating-the-american-past-a-memoir-of-a-quarter-century-at-the-smithsonian-national-museum-of-american-history-9781682261972","title":"Curating the American Past: A Memoir of a Quarter Century at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"As is well known, Pete is an outstanding storyteller, and this book is no exception.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Claire Strom, Journal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to chronicling significant exhibit work at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, \u003ci\u003eCurating the American Past\u003c\/i\u003e, captures the excitement inherent in researching and writing history and Pete Daniel's efforts to prevent diluted celebratory stories from replacing the red meat of the American past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCurating the American Past\u003c\/i\u003e, Pete Daniel reveals how curators collect objects, plan exhibits, and bring alive the country's complex and exciting history. In vivid detail, Daniel recounts the exhilaration of innovative research, the joys of collaboration, and the rewards of mentoring new generations of historians. In a career distinguished by prize-winning publications and pathbreaking exhibitions, Daniel also confronted the challenges of serving as a public historian tasked with protecting a definitive American museum from the erosion of scholarly standards. \u003ci\u003eCurating the American Past\u003c\/i\u003e offers a wealth of museum wisdom, illuminating the crucial role that dedicated historians and curators serve within our most important repositories of cultural memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA former curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and an award-winning historian of the American South, Pete Daniel was the first full-time public historian to serve as president of the Organization of American Historians. He co-curated \u003ci\u003eRock 'n' Soul: Social Crossroads \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOfficial Images: New Deal Photography\u003c\/i\u003e, among several other major exhibitions. His books include \u003ci\u003eLost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDispossession: Discrimination against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights and Deep'n as it Come: The 1927 Mississippi River Flood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Arkansas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50450314264850,"sku":"9781682261972","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da2331da-7710-4afd-9af9-4a1b61c67701.jpg?v=1729753867","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/curating-the-american-past-a-memoir-of-a-quarter-century-at-the-smithsonian-national-museum-of-american-history-9781682261972","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}