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Making City Histories in Museums

Making City Histories in Museums

Gaynor Kavanagh

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Editorial:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2001
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Historia
ISBN:
9780718502720
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New in paper section the next 7 (?) books. Making City Histories in Museums explores the emergence of many new city history museums and the nature of the cities and histories they represent. It examines historiographical, cultural and museological issues and ideas and is searching, critical yet positive, encouraging and stimulating of new ideas.

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