| Description |
xxvi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Smithsonian Institution -- History.
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Public history -- United States.
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Museums -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Museums -- Political aspects -- United States.
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| Added Title |
Smithsonian and the problem of history |
| ISBN |
9781421411002 hardback alkaline paper |
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1421411008 hardback alkaline paper |
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9781421411019 (ebk.) |
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1421411016 (ebk.) |
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