Artifacts and allegiances : how museums put the nation and the world on display / Peggy Levitt.
Artifacts and allegiances : how museums put the nation and the world on display / Peggy Levitt.
Artifacts and allegiances : how museums put the nation and the world on display / Peggy Levitt.
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
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G 2015/3414
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 244 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 26 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The bog and the beast : the view of the nation and the world from Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Gothenburg -- The legislator and the priest : cosmopolitan nationalism in Boston and New York -- Arabia and the east : how Singapore and Doha display the nation and the world.
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2015]
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Summary
"What can we learn about nationalism by looking at a country's cultural institutions? How do the history and culture of particular cities help explain how museums represent diversity? Artifacts and Allegiances takes us around the world to tell the compelling story of how museums today are making sense of immigration and globalization. Based on firs...
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Artifacts and allegiances : how museums put the nation and the world on display / Peggy Levitt.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2015/3414
Record Identifier
74VKRzW6eXAg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRzW6eXAg
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ISBN
9780520286061 hardcover alkaline paper
0520286065 hardcover alkaline paper
9780520286078 paperback alkaline paper
0520286073 paperback alkaline paper
DDC
069
MMS ID
991023123379702626
