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Representing the sporting past in museums and halls of fame

Title
Representing the sporting past in museums and halls of fame / edited by Murray G. Phillips.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2012.

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Additional Authors
Phillips, Murray G. (Murray George)
Description
xv, 267 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"We live in a "museum age," and sport museums are part of this phenomenon. In this book, leading international sport history scholars examine sport museums including renowned institutions like the Olympic Museum in the Swiss city of Lausanne, the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum in Baltimore, the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum in London, the Croke Park Museum in Dublin, and the Whyte Museum in Banff. These institutions are examined in a broad context of understanding sport museums as an identifiable genre in the "museum age," and more specifically in terms of how the sporting past is represented in these museums. Historians explain, debate and critique sport museums with the intention of understanding how this important form of public history represents sport for audiences who see museums as institutions that are inherently reliable and trustworthy"--
Series Statement
Routledge research in sports history ; 1
Uniform Title
Routledge research in sports history ; 1.
Subject
  • Sports > History
  • Sports > History > Sources
  • Sports museums > Evaluation
  • Halls of fame > Evaluation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 12-2099
ISBN
  • 9780415883757 (hardback)
  • 041588375X (hardback)
LCCN
2011027834
OCLC
YBP 2011027834
Title
Representing the sporting past in museums and halls of fame / edited by Murray G. Phillips.
Imprint
New York : Routledge, 2012.
Series
Routledge research in sports history ; 1
Routledge research in sports history ; 1.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Phillips, Murray G. (Murray George)
Research Call Number
JFE 12-2099
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