| Description |
xiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in imperialism |
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Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
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| Contents |
The case of Thomas Baines, curator-explorer extraordinaire, and the display of Africa in nineteenth-century Norfolk / John McAleer -- Visiting the empire at the provincial museum, 1900-50 / Claire Wintle -- Carving out a place in the better Britain of the South Pacific : Māori in New Zealand museums and exhibitions / Conal McCarthy -- Curiosities or science in the National Museum of Victoria : procurement networks and the purpose of a museum / Gareth Knapman -- Narrative as history, image as memory : exhibiting the Great War in Australia, 1917-41 / Jennifer Wellington -- The experience of a lady curator : negotiating curatorial challenges in the Zanzibar Museum / Sarah Longair -- A museum for Sierra Leone? : amateur enthusiasms and colonial museum policy in British West Africa / Paul Basu -- Edgar Thurston at the Madras Museum (1885-1909) : the multiple careers of a colonial museum curator / Savithri Preetha Nair -- Sir William Gregory and the origins and foundation of the Colombo Museum / Philip McEvansoneya -- Tipu's tiger and images of India, 1799-2009 / Sadiah Qureshi -- Afterword : objects, empire and museums / Sarah Longair and John McAleer |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Museums -- Great Britain -- History.
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Imperialism -- History.
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Museums -- Colonies -- History. -- Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056719
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| Author |
Longair, Sarah.
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McAleer, John
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| ISBN |
9780719085079 |
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0719085071 |
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