Museum Politics: Power Plays at the Exhibition
- ISBN-10
- 1452906092
- ISBN-13
- 9781452906096
- Category
- Culture conflict
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- U of Minnesota Press
- Author
- Timothy W. Luke
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