| Portion of title |
Curating American character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush |
| Series |
Theater in the Americas
|
| Contents |
The presidential libraries at a glance -- Introduction: Locating American character at the presidential libraries -- Museum funding, visitor participation and presidential character -- Character in play: Performance authority at the presidential library -- Interlude: Senator Richard Russell reflects on the many characters of Lyndon Johnson -- Character in motion: Visitor performance -- Individualism and American character -- Character forever: Yearning for immortality -- Interlude: A legacy in song - Graham Jackson brings Roosevelt home -- Utopian character: The role of the imaginary -- Interlude: Origins on display - Gerald Ford encounters his father -- Disruption, inspiration, and the American community -- Character interrupted: efficiency and disruption -- Interlude: Ivaniz Silva remembers saying goodbye to the Bushes -- Performing the American community -- Coda: Character 2.0 - Reinventing the presidential library. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015050129 |
| ISBN | 9780809335206 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
