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Who owns America's past? : the Smithsonian and the problem of history
- Title
- Who owns America's past? : the Smithsonian and the problem of history / Robert C. Post.
- Author
- Post, Robert C.
- Publication
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-3076 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxvi, 370 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "From an insider's perspective, Robert C. Post ... offers insight into the politics of display and the interpretation of history. Never before has a book about the Smithsonian detailed the recent and dramatic shift from collection-driven shows, with artifacts meant to speak for themselves, to concept-driven exhibitions, in which objects aim to tell a story, displayed like illustrations in a book"--Dust jacket flap.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- A chain of events linking past to present -- Modernization -- A worthy home for national treasures -- Allies and critics -- To join in a Smithsonian renaissance -- A special kind of insight -- The winded gospel -- Celebration or education? -- A crisis of representation -- Small's world -- Timely and relevant themes and methods of presentation.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-3076
- ISBN
- 9781421411002 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1421411008 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2013004825
- OCLC
- 828143799
- Author
- Post, Robert C.
- Title
- Who owns America's past? : the Smithsonian and the problem of history / Robert C. Post.
- Publisher
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-3076