The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics
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1995
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278 pp.
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Routledge
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London, England
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| ISBN |
9780415053877
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| Annotation |
Focus on museums in Britain, Australia, and the United States.
Contents:
History and Theory.
The formation of the museum
The exhibitionary complex
The political rationality of the museum
Policies and Politics.
Museums and 'the people'
Out of which past?
Art and theory : the politics of the invisible
Technologies of Progress.
Museums and progress : narrative, ideology, performance
The shaping of things to come : Expo '88
A thousand and one troubles : Blackpool Pleasure Beach
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