Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Up from Africa; 2 Evolving into the familiar; 3 Revisiting Victorian progress; 4 Envisioning our evolutionary beginnings; 5 Envisioning our evolutionary destinies; 6 The black counter-narrative; 7 "Out of Africa" in Kenya; Postscript: The big picture; Appendix 1: Visitor data; Appendix 2: Sample questionnaires; Appendix 3: Quantifying African visions; Appendix 4: Visitors' path from exhibit to interview; Notes; References; Index
Summary
Provides rare insights into visitor perceptions, this book explores the way natural history museum audiences imagine their evolutionary heritage and gives a fuller understanding about how to improve the relationship between museums and communities
