1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910554833803321

Autore

Morris Ellen Fowles

Titolo

Ancient Egyptian imperialism / / by Ellen Morris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2018

ISBN

1-119-46766-7

1-119-46767-5

1-119-46738-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 pages)

Disciplina

932/.01

Soggetti

Imperialism

Electronic books.

Egypt Politics and government To 332 B.C

Egypt Foreign relations

Egypt History To 332 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Trade before empire; empire before the state (c. 3500-2686) -- Settler colonialism (c. 2400-2160) -- Military occupation (c. 2055-1775) -- Transculturation, collaboration, colonization (c. 1775-1295) -- Motivation, intimidation, enticement (c. 1550-1295) -- Organization and infrastructure (c. 1458-1295) -- Outwitting the state (c. 1362-1332) -- Conversions and contractions in Egypt's northern empire (c. 1295-1136) -- Conversions and contractions in Egypt's southern empire (c. 1550-1069).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787561003321

Autore

Bouquet Mary <1955->

Titolo

Museums : a visual anthropology / / Mary Bouquet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Berg, , [2012]

ISBN

0-85785-212-4

0-85785-211-6

Edizione

[English ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Key Texts in the Anthropology of Visual and Material Culture

Key texts in the anthropology of visual and material culture

Disciplina

301.074

Soggetti

Museums - Social aspects

Museums - Philosophy

Material culture

Ethnological museums and collections

Anthropological museums and collections

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Museums; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Museums in the Twenty-first Century; 2 Stretching the National Museum; 3 A History of Ethnographic Museums; 4 The Ethnography of Museums; 5 Practices of Object Display; 6 Object and Image Repatriation; Afterword: Teylers Revisited; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Museums: A Visual Anthropology provides a clear and concise summary of the key ideas, debates and texts of the most important approaches to the study of museums from around the world. The book examines ways to address the social relations of museums, embedded in their sites, collections, and exhibitions, as an integral part of the visual and material culture they comprise. Cross-disciplinary in scope, Museums uses ideas and approaches both from within and outside of anthropology to further students' knowledge of and interest in museums. Including selected, globally based case studies to highli