Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads by Asma, Stephen T ISBN 0195130502
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This book will trace the cultural history of natural history museums from their origins in the 18th century through the present day, by tracing the changing attitudes and philosophies that influence the public displays of major natural history museums.
This book will trace the cultural history of natural history museums from their origins in the 18th century through the present day, by tracing the changing attitudes and philosophies that influence the public displays of major natural history museums. The author will make his points with many anecdotes and stories, showing the development over time from displays of individual collectors' curios and occasionally gruesome oddities, to the more politically sensitive and intellectually ambitious exercises in public education that constitute the modern day permanent exhibitions at museums. This book will make an entertaining and thoughtful contribution to recent comparative cultural and intellectual history, the history of public education, and the popularization of science. The dichotomy between the front window, exhibit portion of natural history museums, and the backstage areas where scientific work goes forward, and the dual roles and missions served by this cultural institution, are w
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Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads
[edit] Author
Asma, Stephen T
[edit] ISBN
0195130502
[edit] Published
10/08/2001
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Oxford University Press (N.Y.)
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22.99 (GBP)
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