Pasts beyond memory : evolution museums colonialism / Tony Bennett.
"This important new work explores how evolutionary museums developed in the US, UK, and Australia in the late 19th century. This historical investigation also contributes to current debates, both on relationships between culture and the social, and to the rapidly changing practices of modern mu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Series: | Museum meanings.
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| Summary: | "This important new work explores how evolutionary museums developed in the US, UK, and Australia in the late 19th century. This historical investigation also contributes to current debates, both on relationships between culture and the social, and to the rapidly changing practices of modern museums as they seek to shed the legacies of both evolutionary conceptions and colonial science, with the goal of contributing to the development and management of cultural diversity."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415247462 9780415247467 0415247470 9780415247474 0203647068 9780203647066 |