Curators and Culture : the Museum Movement in America, 1740-1870.

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The author researched ten museums founded prior to 1870, using primary sources. Those chosen comprised a geographically diverse sample of pre-1870 American museums and covered a range of disciplines, among them art, history, and natural science.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Orosz, Joel J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1990.
Colección:History American Science & Technology.
Temas:
Popular culture > Museums > United States > History.
Museum curators > United States > History.
Museums > United States > History.
Culture populaire > Musées > États-Unis > Histoire.
Musées > États-Unis > Histoire.
Museum curators
Museums
Popular culture > Museums
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Preface; Prologue: Thesis, Definitions, and Structure; I. The Curio Cabinet Transplanted to the New World, 1740-1780; 2. The Moderate Enlightenment, 1780-1800: The Museum for the Respectability; 3. The Didactic Enlightenment, 1800-1820: The Decline of the Respectability; 4. The Age of Egalitarianism, 1820-1840: The Ideal of Popular Education; 5. The Age of Professionalism, 1840-1850: The Scientists Lead the Way; 6. The American Compromise, 1850-1870: The Synthesis of Popular Education and Professionalism; Epilogue: The American Compromise and Museum Historiography; Notes.
  • Select BibliographyManuscript Sources; Secondary Sources; Index.

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