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Things American : art museums and civic culture in the Progressive Era

Title
Things American : art museums and civic culture in the Progressive Era / Jeffrey Trask.
Author
Trask, Jeffrey.
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012.

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Description
xi, 296 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The arts and intellectual life in modern America
Uniform Title
Arts and intellectual life in modern America.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Progressive connoisseurs: the intellectual origins of education reform in museums -- The De Forest faction's progressive museum agenda -- The educational value of American things: balancing usefulness and connoisseurship -- The arts of peace: World War I and cultural nationalism -- The art of living: the American wing and public history -- Americanism in design: industrial arts and museums -- Epilogue. Depression modern: institutional sponsors and progressive legacies.
Call Number
JQE 12-498
ISBN
  • 9780812243628 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0812243625 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011016849
OCLC
715288197
Author
Trask, Jeffrey.
Title
Things American : art museums and civic culture in the Progressive Era / Jeffrey Trask.
Imprint
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012.
Series
The arts and intellectual life in modern America
Arts and intellectual life in modern America.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JQE 12-498
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