Sacred relics : pieces of the past in nineteenth-century America /

Sacred relics : pieces of the past in nineteenth-century America /

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Author / Creator:	Barnett, Teresa.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 250 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Collectors and collecting -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Collectors and collecting. Souvenirs (Keepsakes) United States. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11348213

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ISBN:	022605974X 1299784712 9781299784710 9780226059747 9780226059600
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	A piece of Plymouth Rock. A lock of George Washington's hair. Wood from the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. Various bits and pieces of the past-often called "association items"--May appear to be eccentric odds and ends, but they are valued because of their connections to prominent people and events in American history. Kept in museum collections large and small across the United States, such objects are the touchstones of our popular engagement with history. In Sacred Relics, Teresa Barnett explores the history of private collections of items like these, illuminating ho.
Other form:	Print version: Barnett, Teresa. Sacred Relics : Pieces of the Past in Nineteenth-Century America. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2013 9780226059600

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Summary:	No detailed description available for "Sacred Relics".
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 250 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	022605974X 1299784712 9781299784710 9780226059747 9780226059600