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Objects of culture : ethnology and ethnographic museums in Imperial Germany / H. Glenn Penny.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Penny, H. Glenn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnological museums and collections--Germany--History.
- Ethnological museums and collections.
- Ethnology--Germany--History.
- Ethnology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study which explores the appeal of ethnology in Imperial Germany and analyzes the motivations of the scientists who created the ethnographic museums.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Modernist Visions and Municipal Displays; 2. The International Market in Material Culture; 3. The Cultures of Collection and the Politics of Science; 4. The Audience as Author; 5. Museum Chaos; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-276) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890875419
- 9780807862193
- 0807862193
- OCLC:
- 476237285
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