| Description |
1 online resource (x, 250 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Historian/curator -- Boundaries -- An exemplary division -- Lectures -- Science and conflict -- Denying history -- Research road -- Rock 'n' soul -- Defending exhibit standards -- Entropy -- The wages of mediocrity -- Dismissive indifference -- Not fade away |
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Introduction -- 1. Historian/Curator -- 2. Boundaries -- 3. An exemplary division -- 4. Lectures -- 5. Science and conflict -- 6. Denying history -- 7. Research road -- 8. Rock 'n' soul -- 9. Defending exhibit standards -- 10.Entropy -- 11. The wages of mediocrity -- 12. Dismissive indifference -- 13. Not fade away |
| Summary |
"In Curating the American Past, Pete Daniel takes readers behind the "Staff Only" door at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to reveal how curators collect objects, plan exhibits, navigate public-sector politics, and bring alive the events, characters, and concepts that define our shared history"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2022) |
| Subject |
Daniel, Pete.
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Daniel, Pete
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National Museum of American History (U.S.) -- Officials and employees -- Biography
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National Museum of American History (U.S.) -- History
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National Museum of American History (U.S.) |
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Museum curators -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
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Employees
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Museum curators
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Washington (D.C.)
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021023504 |
| ISBN |
1610757645 |
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9781610757645 |
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