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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Key case study museums -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Politics and controversy -- The Australian example -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Nations, museums and the nature of civilisation -- Definitions of the nation -- Historical consciousness -- The development of national museums -- Museums and national identity -- Reinvention and commemoration -- Nations, memory and museums -- Nations, territories and borders -- Progress and civilisation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References |
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3 Nations and emotions -- The nation, culture and emotions -- The museum as a creator of identity categories and belonging through emotion -- Personal emotions -- Movement -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 4 History, myth and memory -- Academic credibility -- National museums, history and nationalism -- Independence and the national museum -- What sorts of histories do national museums make, and how do visitors make sense of them? -- Historicism, or how the museum does history -- Narratives -- History and narrative -- Myth and emotions -- Master narratives and moral imperatives |
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Museums, embodied national histories and the origins of nations -- Myths and narratives of origin -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Types of origin stories -- Place and time -- Place -- Time -- National characteristics -- Religious origins -- Class -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 War and the origins of nations -- Scotland -- The Declaration of Arbroath and Scotland's relationship with England -- Turkey -- Hungary -- Settler nations -- Canada -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 7 Ethnicity and belonging -- What does ethnicity mean in the context of national museums? |
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Why collecting histories matter today -- The emotional importance of belonging -- European ethnicity -- the new imagining: national museums attempting to avoid ethnic origins -- The Swedish History Museum, Stockholm -- Prehistories Gallery -- meet the ethnic ancestors -- Turkey -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Settler societies, guilt and Indigenous inhabitants of the nation -- Overview -- Main approaches -- Academic assumptions -- The problem of the West, civilisation and the museum -- Practice versus theory -- Time and change -- Case Study Australia: Is postmodernism the answer? -- Conclusion |
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Notes -- References -- 9 The older the better: Pride and politics -- China -- Empire or nation? -- The National Museum of China, Beijing -- Chinese attitudes towards history -- Liangzhu -- Scotland -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 10 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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National museums.
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Cultural property -- Political aspects
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Nationalism.
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nationalism.
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National museums
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Nationalism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000205435 |
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1000205436 |
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9781000205473 |
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1000205479 |
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9781000205459 |
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1000205452 |
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9780429319877 |
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0429319878 |
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