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UNINA990006846250403321 |
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Autore |
Baker, George Allen |
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Padé approximants / George A. Baker Jr., Peter Graves-Morris |
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996 |
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[2. ed.] |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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UNINA9910789356103321 |
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Autore |
Kavanagh Gaynor |
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Museums and the first world war : a social history / / Gaynor Kavanagh |
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London ; ; New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 1994 |
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©1994 |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Museums - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
World War, 1914-1918 - Influence |
World War, 1914-1918 - Museums - Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; INTRODUCTION; 1 MUSEUMS AND PRE-WAR BRITAIN; 2 MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS AT RISK; 3 CLOSURES AND TAKE-OVERS; 4 DUE SHARE AND DEFENCE OF THE REALM; 5 ROLE AND PURPOSE THROUGH EXHIBITIONS; 6 EDUCATIONAL USES OF MUSEUMS; 7 MAKING DO; 8 LOCAL WAR MUSEUMS; 9 PROPOSALS FOR A NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM; 10 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM; 11 THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM; 12 MEMORIES, MEMORIALS AND MEMENTOES; 13 THE INTER-WAR YEARS; 14 MUSEUMS AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR; 15 MUSEUMS AND WAR; POSTSCRIPT; CHAPTER NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E |
FG; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z |
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The book is concerned with how, during four demanding, dislocating and world-changing years, that most Victorian of institutions, the museum, was forced or prompted to meet the extraordinary test of war on the home front. Museums were no more immune from the pressures of war than any other institution and the changes in museums during this period, some long term, others transitory, do much to explain the nature and character of museums in Britain today. Their history reveals and reflects the broader history of the home front, and the willing, stumbling, confused efforts to do the right thing a |
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