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Uniform Title Société industrielle et ses musées. English
Title Industrial society and its museums, 1890-1990 : social aspirations and cultural politics / edited by B. Schroeder-Gudehus ; with the collaboration of E. Bolenz and A. Rasmussen
Published Chur, Switzerland ; Langhorne, USA : Harwood Academic Publishers, [1993]
©1993

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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
Translation of: La société industrielle et ses musées
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Industrial museums -- History.
Technology -- Social aspects -- History.
Author Bolenz, Eckhard.
Rasmussen, Anne.
Schroeder-Gudehus, Brigitte.
LC no. 92019217
ISBN 371865301X
Other Titles Industrial society & its museums
Industrial society & its museums