Museums and the first world war : a social history /

The book is concerned with how, during four demanding, dislocating and world-changing years, that most Victorian of institutions, the museum, was forced or prompted to meet the extraordinary test of war on the home front. Museums were no more immune from the pressures of war than any other instituti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kavanagh, Gaynor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 1994.
Temas:
Imperial War Museum (Great Britain) > History.
Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
1900-1999
Museums > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Influence.
World War, 1914-1918 > Museums > Great Britain.
Musées > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Influence.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Musées > Grande-Bretagne.
General & world history.
History > General.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Museums
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; INTRODUCTION; 1 MUSEUMS AND PRE-WAR BRITAIN; 2 MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS AT RISK; 3 CLOSURES AND TAKE-OVERS; 4 DUE SHARE AND DEFENCE OF THE REALM; 5 ROLE AND PURPOSE THROUGH EXHIBITIONS; 6 EDUCATIONAL USES OF MUSEUMS; 7 MAKING DO; 8 LOCAL WAR MUSEUMS; 9 PROPOSALS FOR A NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM; 10 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM; 11 THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM; 12 MEMORIES, MEMORIALS AND MEMENTOES; 13 THE INTER-WAR YEARS; 14 MUSEUMS AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR; 15 MUSEUMS AND WAR; POSTSCRIPT; CHAPTER NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E.
  • Fg; h; i; k; l; m; n; o; p; r; s; t; v; w; y; z.

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