UID:
almafu_9958352437702883
Format:
1 online resource (312 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812205657
Series Statement:
The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
Content:
Things American examines the relationship between American museums and cultural democracy in the first part of the twentieth century by looking at the role museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the institutions it inspired played in Progressive Era social and cultural reform.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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Introduction Museums and Society --
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Chapter One Progressive Connoisseurs The Intellectual Origins of Education Reform in Museums --
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Chapter two The De Forest Faction’s Progressive Museum Agenda --
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Chapter three The Educational Value of American Things Balancing Usefulness and Connoisseurship --
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Chapter four The Arts of Peace World War I and Cultural Nationalism --
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Chapter five The Art of Living The American Wing and Public History --
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Chapter six Americanism in Design Industrial Arts and Museums --
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Epilogue Depression Modern Institutional Sponsors and Progressive Legacies --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.9783/9780812205657
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205657
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