Pasts beyond memory : evolution, museums, colonialism /

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This important new work explores how evolutionary museums developed in the USA, UK, and Australia in the late 19th century.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bennett, Tony
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Series:Museum meanings.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Museums > Philosophy.
Museums > Historiography.
Museum techniques > Historiography.
Museum exhibits > Technological innovations.
Evolution > History > 19th century.
Evolution > History > 20th century.
Science > History > 19th century.
Science > History > 20th century.
Colonies > History > 19th century.
Colonies > History > 20th century.
Museums.
Museums
Musées > Philosophie.
Musées.
Muséologie > Historiographie.
Objets exposés > Innovations.
Sciences > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sciences > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Colonies > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Colonies > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Musées > Historiographie.
Évolution > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Évolution > Histoire > 20e siècle.
museums (institutions)
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE > General.
Colonies
Evolution
Museum exhibits > Technological innovations
Museums > Historiography
Museums > Philosophy
Science
Museum
Musea.
Cultuurgoed.
Evolutie.
Kolonialisme.
Museologia.
Aspect philosophique.
Aspect social.
Musée.
Muséologie.
Objet exposé
Innovation.
Évolution.
Histoire.
Théorie évolutionniste.
Colonie.
19e siècle.
20e siècle.
Großbritannien
Australien
USA
Electronic book.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Dead circuses: expertise, exhibition, government; The archaeological gaze of the historical sciences; Reassembling the museum; The connective tissue of civilisation; Selective memory: racial recall and civic renewal at the American Museum of Natural History; Evolutionary ground zero: colonialism and the fold of memory; Words, things and vision: evolution 'at a glance'; Postscript: slow modernity; Notes; References; Index.

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