Who Owns America's Past? : The Smithsonian and the Problem of History /

"From an insider's perspective, Robert C. Post ... offers insight into the politics of display and the interpretation of history. Never before has a book about the Smithsonian detailed the recent and dramatic shift from collection-driven shows, with artifacts meant to speak for themselves,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Post, Robert C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Smithsonian Institution > History.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Enola Gay
Smithsonian Institution.
Museums > Political aspects > United States.
Museums > Social aspects > United States.
Public history > United States.
Gesellschaft
Ausstellung
Public history.
Museums > Social aspects.
Museums > Political aspects.
Musees > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Musees > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Histoire appliquee > États-Unis.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"From an insider's perspective, Robert C. Post ... offers insight into the politics of display and the interpretation of history. Never before has a book about the Smithsonian detailed the recent and dramatic shift from collection-driven shows, with artifacts meant to speak for themselves, to concept-driven exhibitions, in which objects aim to tell a story, displayed like illustrations in a book."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (400 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781421411019

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