| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 93.1

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The Changing Face of Public History: The Chicago Historical Society and the Transformation of an American Museum. By Catherine M. Lewis. (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2005. xii, 172 pp. Paper, $22.00, ISBN 0-87580-602-3.)
By the early 1970s, museums were under heavy pressure to change their form and function. Like other public institutions they faced questions about institutional relevance, multiculturalism, and interpretative authority, questions that challenged the way the museum profession had conducted itself for years. The Changing Face of Public History by Catherine M. Lewis examines how and why a long-established elite institution responded to broadly based societal shifts and evolved into a modern center for urban history. It documents a time of unprecedented change and growth in the profession. Lewis positions the Chicago Historical Society (CHS) experiences within the broader trends affecting museum operations during the final decades of the twentieth century and explains with considerable insight the implications of the challenges to institutional policies and procedures.	1
The book is a case study. It consists of an introduction that looks at the underlying societal forces, an epilogue that outlines the new environment facing museums in the twenty-first century, six chapters, notes, works cited, and an index.	. . .

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