# Domesticating History

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- Book: [Domesticating History](https://www.bookquiver.com/patricia-west/domesticating-history) ([Domesticating History.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/patricia-west/domesticating-history.md))
- Authors: [Patricia West](https://www.bookquiver.com/patricia-west)
- Publisher: smithsonian_books
- ISBN: 978-15-6098-836-6
- Pages: 256
- Published: 1999-05-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Celebrating the lives of famous men and women, historic house museums showcase restored rooms and period furnishings, and portray in detail their former occupants' daily lives. But behind the gilded molding...