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Curating empire

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England) (Series)

  • Description

    "Curating empire explores the diverse roles played by museums and their curators in moulding and representing the British imperial experience. This collection demonstrates how individuals, their curatorial practices, and intellectual and political agendas influenced the development of a variety of museums across the globe.

    Taken together, these contributions suggest that museums are not just sites for accessing history but need to be considered as historical sites of significance in themselves."--Publisher's description.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    AM41 CUR (Library of Congress Call Number)

    87137 (Cat ID)

    86994 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Images

    Catalogue

    • Object Type
    • Name/Title
      Curating empire
    • Other Name

      Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England) (Series)

    • Primary Maker

      John McAleer (Editor)

      Sarah Longair (Editor)

    • Contributor/Publisher
      Manchester University Press
    • Place
    • Date
      2016
    • Physical Description

      xiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

    • ISBN/ISSN
      9781784993467
    • Level of Current Record
      Bib record
    • Member Object

      1 item in this collection. View all items.

    • Subject Category
    • Content
      Introduction: Curating empire: Museums and the British imperial experience / Sarah Longair and John McAleer
      1. The case of Thomas Baines, curator-explorer extraordinaire, and the display of Africa in nineteenth-century Norfolk / John McAleer
      2. Visiting the Empire at the provincial museum, 1900-50 / Claire Wintle
      3. Carving out a place in the Better Britain of the South Pacific: Maori in New Zealand museums and exhibitions / Conal McCarthy
      4. Curiosities or science in the National Museum of Victoria: Procurement networks and the purpose of a museum / Gareth Knapman
      5. Narrative as history, image as memory: Exhibiting the Great War in Australia, 1917-41 / Jennifer Wellington
      6. 'The lady curator's style': Negotiating curatorial challenges in the Zanzibar Museum / Sarah Longair
      7. A Museum for Sierra Leone? Amateur enthusiasms and colonial museum policy in British West Africa / Paul Basu
      8. Edgar Thurston at the Madras Museum (1885-1909): The multiple careers of a colonial museum curator / Savithri Preetha Nair
      9. Sir William Gregory and the origins and foundation of the Colombo Museum / Philip McEvansoneya
      10. Tipu's Tiger and images of India in British museums, 1799-2009 / Sadiah Qureshi
      Afterword: Objects, empire and museums / Sarah Longair and John McAleer.
    • Public Access Text

      [Keywords: Great Britain - Colonies - History; Great Britain - History]

      First published by Manchester University Press in hardback 2012. Includes bibliographical references and index.

    • Collection Type
      Reading Room
    • Copyright
      All rights reserved
    • Last Update
      06 Dec 2024

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