National Museums and Nation-Building in Europe 1750-2010 : Mobilization and Legitimacy, Continuity and Change.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aronsson, Peter.
Other Authors: Elgenius, Gabriella.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of illustrations
  • List of contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: making museums and nations
  • Part I Establishing national museums 1750-2012
  • 1 National museums in between nationalism, imperialism and regionalism, 1750-1914
  • 2 Museums of civilization, museums of state, museums of identity: national museums in Europe, 1918-2000
  • 3 Museums, nations, empires, religions
  • Part II Museum typologies: art and cultural history museums
  • 4 The changing roles of art museums
  • 5 History museums and the making of citizens and communities
  • Part III Conclusions and national museum analysis
  • 6 National museums as national symbols: a survey of strategic nation-building and identity politics
  • nations as symbolic regimes
  • 7 National museums as cultural constitutions
  • Index.