Who Owns America's Past?: The Smithsonian and the Problem of History
- ISBN-10
- 1421411016
- ISBN-13
- 9781421411019
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-10-15
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Robert C. Post
Description
Combining information from hitherto-untapped archival sources, extensive interviews, a thorough review of the secondary literature, and considerable personal experience, Post gives the reader a behind-the-scenes view of disputes among curators, academics, and stakeholders that were sometimes private and at other times burst into headline news.
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- 2013-10-22
- 370 pages
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