Who owns America's past? : the Smithsonian and the problem of history / Robert C. Post.
- Post, Robert C.
- Date:
- 2013
- Books
About this work
Description
"From an insider's perspective, Robert C. Post ... offers insight into the politics of display and the interpretation of history. Never before has a book about the Smithsonian detailed the recent and dramatic shift from collection-driven shows, with artifacts meant to speak for themselves, to concept-driven exhibitions, in which objects aim to tell a story, displayed like illustrations in a book"--Dust jacket flap.
Publication/Creation
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Physical description
xxvi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
A chain of events linking past to present -- Modernization -- A worthy home for national treasures -- Allies and critics -- To join in a Smithsonian renaissance -- A special kind of insight -- The winded gospel -- Celebration or education? -- A crisis of representation -- Small's world -- Timely and relevant themes and methods of presentation.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineYW.6Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781421411002
- 1421411008