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Museums and Empire
Natural History, Human Cultures and Colonial Identities
Series: Studies in Imperialism
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Essential reading for students and academics in museum studies and imperial history, as well as for a wider public interested in museums and heritage.
Museums and Empire is the first book to examine the origins and development of museums in six major regions if the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Museums and Empire' is the first book to examine the origins and development of museums in six major regions if the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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Museums and Empire is the first book to examine the origins and development of museums in six major regions of the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It analyses museum histories in thirteen major centres in Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South-East Asia, setting them into the economic and social contexts of the cities and colonies in which they were located.
Written in a lively and informative style, it also touches upon the history of many other museums in Britain and other territories of the Empire. A number of key themes emerge from its pages: the development of elites within colonial towns and cities, the emergence of the full range of cultural institutions associated with this, and the reception and modification of the key scientific ideas of the age.
It will be essential reading for students and academics concerned with museum studies and imperial history and to a wider public devoted to the cause of museums and heritage.
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Dr Nigel Rigby from the National Maritime Museum praises it as "an outstanding and original book," highlighting its authoritative and perceptive treatment of a neglected aspect of imperial culture. The book is described as engrossing, deeply informative, beautifully written, and a valuable contribution to scholarship within the Studies in Imperialism series.
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ISBN: 9780719083679
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 October 2010
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Illustration: Illustrations, black & white
Audience: Tertiary education
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Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 431g
Pages: 272
About the Author
John MacKenzie is Emeritus Professor of Imperial History, Lancaster University and holds Honorary Professorships at Aberdeen, St Andrews and Stirling, as well as an Honorary Fellowship at Edinburgh.
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