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Palace of culture : Andrew Carnegie's museums and library in Pittsburgh Robert J. Gangewere
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Al AS 36 .P79 G36 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gangewere, Robert J. (Robert Jay), 1936-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--History.
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Pittsburgh (Pa.).
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)--History--20th century.
- Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.
- Carnegie, Andrew.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 332 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
- Other Title:
- Andrew Carnegie's museums and library in Pittsburgh
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2011.
- Contents:
- The Carnegie years : "Pittsburghers knew I was one of themselves"
- Building a palace of culture : "I felt that Aladdin and his lamp had been at work"
- The high command
- a century of governance : "men capable of his own zeal"
- Carnegie Music Hall : "music, sacred tongue of God"
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh : "free to the people"
- Carnegie Museum of Art : "the moral mission of art"
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History : "museum science"
- Carnegie Science Center and Buhl Planetarium : "popular science"
- The Andy Warhol Museum : "he harvested ideas from everything"
- In summary
- Appendix. Interview subjects.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822943976 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0822943972 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0822962853
- 9780822962854
- OCLC:
- 729341793
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