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Preserving Maritime America : A Cultural History of the Nation's Great Maritime Museums /
"The United States has long been dependent on the seas, but Americans know little about their maritime history. While Britain and other countries have established national museums to nurture their seagoing traditions, America has left that responsibility to private institutions. In this first-o...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. From cabinets of curiosities to remade waterfronts
- "That every mariner may possess the history of the world": a cabinet for the East India Marine Society of Salem
- "From pursuit to preservation": the new Bedford Whaling Museum
- "Stout hearts make a safe ship": individual and community at Mystic Seaport
- "To make the American people more ship-minded": shipbuilding and sea culture at the Mariners' Museum
- "A sailing ship stirs the general public like nothing else": remaking San Francisco's waterfront and identity
- "The street of ships": creating South Street Seaport
- Conclusion. "A loosely knit net of regional enterprises."