Who Owns America's Past?
Author | : Robert C. Post |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2013-10-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781421411002 |
ISBN-13 | : 1421411008 |
Rating | : 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Download or read book Who Owns America's Past? written by Robert C. Post and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From an insider's perspective, Robert C. Post ... offers insight into the politics of display and the interpretation of history. Never before has a book about the Smithsonian detailed the recent and dramatic shift from collection-driven shows, with artifacts meant to speak for themselves, to concept-driven exhibitions, in which objects aim to tell a story, displayed like illustrations in a book"--Dust jacket flap.