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Hooper-Greenhill Eilean <1945-, > |
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Titolo |
Museums and the shaping of knowledge / / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-91269-2 |
1-134-91270-6 |
1-280-32295-0 |
9786610322954 |
0-203-41582-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Museums - Management |
Museum techniques |
Museums - Educational aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-228) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; What is a museum?; The first museum of Europe?; The palace of the prince; The irrational cabinet; The 'cabinet of the world'; The Repository of the Royal Society; The disciplinary museum; A useful past for the present; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Drawing on numerous case studies, Hooper-Greenhill presents a critical survey of major changes in current assumptions about the nature of museums, and proves that museums are consciously organizing their spaces and collections to aid self-learning. |
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