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Pasts Beyond Memory
Evolution, Museums, Colonialism
Series: Museum Meanings
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This book is ideal for readers interested in museum studies, cultural history, and the evolution of public education in relation to science and society. It appeals to academics, students, and professionals in anthropology, history, and cultural management.
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See moreContributing to current debates on relationships between culture and the social, and the changing practices of modern museums, this important new work explores how evolutionary museums developed in the USA, UK, and Australia in the late 19th century.
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This important new work explores how museums of human evolution developed in the USA, UK, and Australia in the late 19th century.
This historical investigation also contributes to current debates, both on relationships between culture and society, and to the rapidly changing practices of modern museums as they seek to shed the legacies of both evolutionary conceptions and colonial science, with the goal of contributing to the development and management of cultural diversity.
Pasts Beyond Memory is a significant contribution to our understanding of these transformative periods and places.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9780415247467
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 20 May 2004
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 174.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 630g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Tony Bennett is Professor of Sociology at the Open University, UK and a Director of the ESRC Research Centre on Socio-cultural Change. His current interests focus on the sociology of culture, the history and theory of museums, and cultural policy. His recent publications include The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics (Routledge 1995) and Culture: A Reformer's Science (1998).
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