LEADER 03308nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910777977703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8217-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000762182 035 $a(EBL)438211 035 $a(OCoLC)609839974 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000358604 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12126578 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358604 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10380935 035 $a(PQKB)10190568 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000278428 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954893 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278428 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246208 035 $a(PQKB)11060781 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8624 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438211 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10237165 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438211 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000762182 100 $a19890420d1990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCurators and culture$b[electronic resource] $ethe museum movement in America, 1740-1870 /$fJoel J. Orosz 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc1990 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 225 1 $aHistory of American science and technology series 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8173-1204-8 311 $a0-8173-0475-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-294) and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Prologue: Thesis, Definitions, and Structure; I. The Curio Cabinet Transplanted to the New World, 1740-1780; 2. The Moderate Enlightenment, 1780-1800: The Museum for the Respectability; 3. The Didactic Enlightenment, 1800-1820: The Decline of the Respectability; 4. The Age of Egalitarianism, 1820-1840: The Ideal of Popular Education; 5. The Age of Professionalism, 1840-1850: The Scientists Lead the Way; 6. The American Compromise, 1850-1870: The Synthesis of Popular Education and Professionalism; Epilogue: The American Compromise and Museum Historiography; Notes 327 $aSelect BibliographyManuscript Sources; Secondary Sources; Index 330 $a This volume argues that a small, loosely connected group of men constituted an informal museum movement in America from about 1740 to 1870. As they formed their pioneer museums, these men were guided not so much by European examples, but rather by the imperatives of the American democratic culture, including the Enlightenment, the simultaneous decline of the respectability and rise of the middle classes, the Age of Egalitarianism, and the advent of professionalism in the sciences. Thus the pre-1870 American museum was neither the frivolous sideshow some critics have im 410 0$aHistory of American science and technology series. 606 $aMuseums$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMuseum curators$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPopular culture$xMuseums$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aMuseums$xHistory. 615 0$aMuseum curators$xHistory. 615 0$aPopular culture$xMuseums$xHistory. 676 $a069/.0973 700 $aOrosz$b Joel J$01503890 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777977703321 996 $aCurators and culture$93732588 997 $aUNINA