Format:
1 online resource (204 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783110659092
Series Statement:
Public History in International Perspective Ser. v.1
Content:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Paweł Is a Dead Man -- I. The Beginnings -- It All Started with an Article … -- Museum, but What Museum? -- "Disintegration of the Polish Nation" -- History Museums: Between Collective Imagination and Politics -- II. Making the Museum -- The First Months at the Office of the Prime Minister -- Assembling the Gdańsk Team -- Architecture, Archeology, and Construction -- Building the Collection and Planning the Exhibitions -- The Academic Advisory Committee, or a Multitude of Perspectives -- From the Concept to the Exhibitions and Everything in Between -- Before the Storm -- III. The War -- "The Polish Point of View" -- Minister Gliński Comes at Night -- The Race Against Time -- Parliamentary Committee on Culture: Hunting for "Encyclopedists" -- Reviewers Unmasked -- Stalingrad Instead of Blitzkrieg -- The Finale -- Not the End of the Story -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Photos.
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Language:
English
