{"product_id":"our-story-in-many-voices-charles-wohlforth-9781646426515","title":"Our Story in Many Voices: The Alaska State Museum Catalog and Guide","description":"Alaska preserves and exhibits its own culture and history in the Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building in Juneau, the home of the State Library, Archives, and Museum. With this catalogue and guide, the meaning of the museum exhibits gains new depth. \u003ci\u003eOur Story in Many Voices \u003c\/i\u003eorients visitors to the museum, explains the objects, and explores the changing history and interpretation of Alaska's story in the many voices of its telling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Charles Wohlforth provides three major text sections--an introduction to Alaska, a summary of the museum exhibits, and a history of the exhibit development process--before the catalog of art and artifacts. Richly illustrated and presenting perspectives from Native and non-Native peoples, the book enhances visits to the museum and helps visitors recall and process their experiences, as well as broaden their general understanding of the state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There is no single history of Alaska. Understanding the place and its peoples can be achieved only by viewing the multiple, complex, and even contradictory ways different people and groups perceive it. Rather than present an official view of the state, \u003ci\u003eOur Story in Many Voices \u003c\/i\u003econtains independent and critical perspectives that use the extraordinary resources of the museum to consider Alaska's most challenging cultural issues, reaching toward understanding and reconciliation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Wohlforth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646426517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646426515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Alaska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Charles Wohlforth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898545561855,"sku":"9781646426515","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c113b19d-2dd2-4e07-9c89-c50bf0374906.jpg?v=1721376560","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/our-story-in-many-voices-charles-wohlforth-9781646426515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}