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010			_a 2013004825
020			_a1421411008 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a9781421411002 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035			_a(CaOOAMICUS)000042326742
040			_aCaOTU _beng
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050	1	4	_aQ 11 _bP857w 2013
082	0	0	_a069.0973
100	1		_aPost, Robert C.
245	1	0	_aWho owns America's past? : _bthe Smithsonian and the problem of history / _cRobert C. Post.
260			_aBaltimore : _bThe Johns Hopkins University Press, _c2013, c2013
300			_axxvi, 370 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aA chain of events linking past to present -- Modernization -- A worthy home for national treasures -- Allies and critics -- To join in a Smithsonian renaissance -- A special kind of insight -- The winded gospel -- Celebration or education? -- A crisis of representation -- Small's world -- Timely and relevant themes and methods of presentation.
520			_a"From an insider's perspective, Robert C. Post ... offers insight into the politics of display and the interpretation of history. Never before has a book about the Smithsonian detailed the recent and dramatic shift from collection-driven shows, with artifacts meant to speak for themselves, to concept-driven exhibitions, in which objects aim to tell a story, displayed like illustrations in a book."--Dust jacket flap.
610	2	0	_aSmithsonian Institution _xHistory.
650		0	_aMuseums _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMuseums _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPublic history _zUnited States.
610	2	4	_aSmithsonian Institution _xHistoria.
650		4	_aMuseos _zEstados Unidos.
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