Museums and the making of "ourselves" : the role of objects in national identity /
Museums and the making of "ourselves" : the role of objects in national identity /
edited by Flora E.S. Kaplan.
- London ;;New York :;New York : Leicester University Press ;;Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1994
- xi, 430 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: This volume presents 14 original case studies from as many countries, written by archaeologists, art historians, historians, and museologists. It sees museums, their collections, and exhibitions as both products and agents of social change,
071851775X
94000672
Museums;National characteristics.;Nation-state.;Museums--Influence.;Political aspects.
AM7 / .M882 1994
69.5 / KAP 1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: This volume presents 14 original case studies from as many countries, written by archaeologists, art historians, historians, and museologists. It sees museums, their collections, and exhibitions as both products and agents of social change,
071851775X
94000672
Museums;National characteristics.;Nation-state.;Museums--Influence.;Political aspects.
AM7 / .M882 1994
69.5 / KAP 1994.