Museums and Communities The Politics of Public Culture |
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| Editor:
| Karp, Ivan
Kreamer, Christine Mullen
Levine, Steven |
| ISBN: | 978-1-306-91563-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Books
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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Contributors to this volume examine and illustrate struggles and collaborations among museums, festivals, tourism, and historic preservation projects and the communities they represent and serve. Essays include the role of museums in civil society, the history of African-American collections, and experiments with museum-community dialogue about the design of a multicultural society.
Contributors to this volume examine and illustrate struggles and collaborations among museums, festivals, tourism, and historic preservation projects and the communities they represent and serve. Essays include the role of museums in civil society, the history of African-American collections, and experiments with museum-community dialogue about the design of a multicultural society.