Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Curating empire
Other Name
Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England) (Series)
Primary Maker
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
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
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Last Update
06 Dec 2024
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