Pasts beyond memory : evolution, museums, colonialism / / Tony Bennett

• Autore: Bennett Tony <1947, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Disciplina: 069/.01
• Soggetto topico: Museums - Philosophy; Museums - Historiography; Museum techniques - Historiography; Museum exhibits - Technological innovations; Evolution - History - 19th century; Evolution - History - 20th century; Science - History - 19th century; Science - History - 20th century; Colonies - History - 19th century; Colonies - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-225) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Dead circuses: expertise, exhibition, government; The archaeological gaze of the historical sciences; Reassembling the museum; The connective tissue of civilisation; Selective memory: racial recall and civic renewal at the American Museum of Natural History; Evolutionary ground zero: colonialism and the fold of memory; Words, things and vision: evolution 'at a glance'; Postscript: slow modernity; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This important new work explores how evolutionary museums developed in the USA, UK, and Australia in the late 19th century.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pasts beyond memory
• ISBN: 1-134-53910-X; 0-203-68663-2; 1-134-53911-8; 1-280-07956-8; 9786610079568; 0-203-64706-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783978703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Museum meanings.