Nature and Culture - Objects, Disciplines and the Manchester Museum (Hardcover)

This is a vital new work; the first to take the University of Manchester's Museum as its subject. By setting the museum in its cultural and intellectual contexts, "Nature and Culture" explores twentieth-century collecting and display, and the status of the object in the modern world. Beginning 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. How 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? In answering these questions, "Nature and Culture" illuminates not only the history of one institution, but also contributes to wider discussions in the history of science, cultural history and museology

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Samuel J.M.M. Alberti
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-8114-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-7190-8114-9
Barcode:	9780719081149

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