Description |
ix, 104 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents |
Preface / Roger Lesgards -- Patrons and Publics: Museums as Historical Artefacts / Brigitte Schroeder-Gudehus -- Science, Education and Museums in Britain, 1870-1914 / Mari Williams -- The Political History of Museums of Technology in Germany Since the Nineteenth Century / Wolfhard Weber -- The City as a Museum of Technology / Miriam R. Levin -- An Olympic Stadium of Technology: Deutsches Museum and Sweden's Tekniska Museet / Svante Lindqvist -- Clean Exhibits, Messy Exhibits: Henry Ford's Technological Aesthetic / John M. Staudenmaier -- Corporate Advertising, Public Relations and Popular Exhibits: The Case of DuPont / David J. Rhees -- Celebration or Education? The Goals of the U.S. National Air and Space Museum / Alex Roland -- The New Generation of Museums: Technical, Industrial and "Ecomuseums" / Louis Bergeron |
Notes |
Cover title: Industrial society & its museums |
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Translation of: La société industrielle et ses musées |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Industrial museums -- History.
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Technology -- Social aspects -- History.
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Author |
Bolenz, Eckhard.
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Rasmussen, Anne.
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Schroeder-Gudehus, Brigitte.
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LC no. |
92019217 |
ISBN |
371865301X |
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