Curators and Culture The Museum Movement in America, 1740-1870
| Author/creator | Orosz, Joel J. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press |
| Description | 320 p. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | History of American Science and Technology Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation Using primary sources, Orosz researched ten geographically diverse museums founded prior to 1870 and covering a range of disciplines. He finds that early pioneer curators were guided not so much by European examples as by the essentials of the American democratic culture, and that by 1870 the conflicting demands for popular education and professionalism were synthesized in a basic model of museums in America that continues today. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 89033865 |
| ISBN | 9780817304751 |
| ISBN | 0817304754 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780817304751 |
| Stock number | 00027072 |