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Making City Histories in Museums
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New in paper section the next 7 (?) books. Making City Histories in Museums explores the emergence of many new city history museums and the nature of the cities and histories they represent. It examines historiographical, cultural and museological issues and ideas and is searching, critical yet positive, encouraging and stimulating of new ideas.
Table of Contents
Contents
Buttons, Belisha Beacons and Bullets: City Histories in Museums
Razor Ribbons, History Museums and Civic Salvation
City Museums and their Role in a Divided Community: The Northern Ireland
Experience
Croydon: What History?
The City Museums: Who Comes?
Approaches to Portraying the City in European Museums
Collections and Collecting
Brave New World: The Future for City Museums
Breaking Down the Barriers of Ignorance
Envisioning Cities: London
Defining Cities: Socio-Geographical Perspectives
The Discouvery Centre at Millennium Point, Birmingham
Contributors
Gaynor Kavanagh
Michael Wallace
Bill Maguire
Sally MacDonald
Carol Scott
Max Hebditch
Catherine Ross
David Fleming
Raj Pal
Roy Porter
Rachel Unsworth
Elizabeth Frostick
Buttons, Belisha Beacons and Bullets: City Histories in Museums
Razor Ribbons, History Museums and Civic Salvation
City Museums and their Role in a Divided Community: The Northern Ireland
Experience
Croydon: What History?
The City Museums: Who Comes?
Approaches to Portraying the City in European Museums
Collections and Collecting
Brave New World: The Future for City Museums
Breaking Down the Barriers of Ignorance
Envisioning Cities: London
Defining Cities: Socio-Geographical Perspectives
The Discouvery Centre at Millennium Point, Birmingham
Contributors
Gaynor Kavanagh
Michael Wallace
Bill Maguire
Sally MacDonald
Carol Scott
Max Hebditch
Catherine Ross
David Fleming
Raj Pal
Roy Porter
Rachel Unsworth
Elizabeth Frostick
Product details
| Published | 01 Aug 2001 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 224 |
| ISBN | 9780718502720 |
| Imprint | Leicester University Press |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | Making Histories in Museums |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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