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Curating the American past : a memoir of a quarter century at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Title
Curating the American past : a memoir of a quarter century at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History / Pete Daniel.
Author
Daniel, Pete
Publication
  • Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2022.
  • ©2022

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Description
1 online resource.
Alternative Title
Memoir of a quarter century at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Subject
  • Daniel, Pete
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) > Officials and employees > Biography
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) > History
  • Museum curators > Washington (D.C.) > Biography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2022).
Contents
  • Historian/curator -- Boundaries -- An exemplary division -- Lectures -- Science and conflict -- Denying history -- Research road -- Rock 'n' soul -- Defending exhibit standards -- Entropy -- The wages of mediocrity -- Dismissive indifference -- Not fade away.
  • Introduction -- Historian/Curator -- Boundaries -- An exemplary division -- Lectures -- Science and conflict -- Denying history -- Research road -- Rock 'n' soul -- Defending exhibit standards -- Entropy -- The wages of mediocrity -- Dismissive indifference -- Not fade away.
ISBN
  • 9781610757645
  • 1610757645
LCCN
2021023504
OCLC
2021023504
Author
Daniel, Pete, author.
Title
Curating the American past : a memoir of a quarter century at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History / Pete Daniel.
Publisher
Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2022).
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Available from home with a valid library card
Added Author
EBSCOhost
Other Form:
Print version: Daniel, Pete. Curating the American past Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2022 9781682261972 (DLC) 2021023503
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