UID:
almafu_9958352330902883
Format:
1 online resource (272 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812201659
Series Statement:
The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
Content:
In this broadly conceived study Steven Conn examines the development of American museums across the twentieth century with a historian's attention and a critic's eye. He focuses on an array of museum types and asks illuminating questions about the relationship between museums and American cultural life.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction: Thinking about Museums --
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Chapter 1. Do Museums Still Need Objects? --
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Chapter 2. Whose Objects? Whose Culture? The Contexts of Repatriation --
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Chapter 3. Where Is the East? --
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Chapter 4. Where Have All the Grown-Ups Gone? --
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Chapter 5. The Birth and the Death of a Museum --
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Chapter 6. Museums, Public Space, and Civic Identity --
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Notes --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812201659
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812201659
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812201659
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