{"product_id":"nature-and-culture-by-samuel-alberti-9780719089039","title":"Nature and culture","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNewly available in paperback, this book takes the University of Manchester's Museum as its subject. By setting the museum in its cultural and intellectual contexts, \u003cem\u003eNature and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e explores twentieth-century collecting and display, and the status of the object in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the origins of the Manchester Museum, accounting for its development as an internationally renowned university museum, and concluding at its major expansion at the turn of the millennium, this book casts new light on the history of museums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow did objects become knowledge? Who encountered museum objects on their way to museums? What happened to collections within the museum? How did visitors use and respond to objects?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn answering these questions, \u003cem\u003eNature and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates not only the history of one institution, but also contributes to wider discussions in the history of science, cultural history, and museology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471304278252,"sku":"9780719089039","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780719089039-nature-and-culture.jpg?v=1775237477","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/nature-and-culture-by-samuel-alberti-9780719089039","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}