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Museology & heritage studies
Hardback. This fascinating look at Canada's living history museums - pioneer villages and old forts where actors recreate the past - shows how they reveal as much about Canadian post-war interests as they do about settler history. Num Pages: 744 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GM; HBJK; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774831536
- ISBN
- 9780774831536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.51
€ 112.51
Paperback. The story of a transformative visit by members of the Haida Nation to British museums housing their cultural artifacts. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774825412
- ISBN
- 9780774825412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.81
€ 44.99
€ 39.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GM; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825405
- ISBN
- 9780774825405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.51
€ 112.51
Paperback. An anthology of writings on exhibition practice from artists, critics, curators and art historians which address the contradictions posed by museum and gallery staged exhibitions, and the challenge of staging art presentations and displays. Num Pages: 512 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; GM; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 32. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415115902
- ISBN
- 9780415115902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.28
€ 47.28
Paperback. Things American examines the relationship between American museums and cultural democracy in the first part of the twentieth century by looking at the role museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the institutions it inspired played in Progressive Era social and cultural reform. Series: The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; GM; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222852
- ISBN
- 9780812222852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.40
€ 38.99
€ 35.40
Paperback. Museums worldwide face the challenge of finding non-toxic methods to control insect pests. This manual focuses on practical rather than theoretical issues in the use of oxygen-free environments. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the text, along with an index with terms linked to the text. Series: Tools for Conservation. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 colour & 50 b&w illustrations, 25 line illustrations. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 295 x 15. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892366934
- ISBN
- 9780892366934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.23€ 49.62
€ 63.23
€ 49.62
Paperback. There are a great deal of memorials to the Holocaust that occurred during the World War II. This book examines Holocaust monuments and museums in Europe, Israel and America, exploring how every nation remembers the Holocaust according to its own traditions, ideals and experiences. Num Pages: 416 pages, 121 illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FBH; 1KBB; GM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300059915
- ISBN
- 9780300059915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.87
€ 50.99
€ 36.87
Hardcover. The rise of the museum as a cultural institution in 19th-century America brought with it many contested notions. This work explores the shared concerns and practices of 19th-century American museums and the literary productions of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Walt Whitman. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; GM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817315634
- ISBN
- 9780817315634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.83
€ 54.83
Hardcover. This is the first book to give a long-term and comprehensive account of the stories, the histories and the evolution of Irish museums and galleries. Num Pages: 594 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; GM; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1824.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 594
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184752
- ISBN
- 9781859184752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 38.37
€ 49.00
€ 38.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: GM; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 151 x 37. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Edition
- Box Pck Pa
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837628562
- ISBN
- 9783837628562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.50
€ 54.99
€ 39.50
Paperback. This book presents a new way of understanding heritage tourism that focuses on what people feel and not just what they see. Traditionally, semiotics points to the study of signs and symbols, and how we use them to make sense of the world. Here semiotics is extended into our other senses as part of what it means to experience heritage as tourists. Series: Tourism and Cultural Change. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; KNSG; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845414207
- ISBN
- 9781845414207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.83
€ 43.83
Hardcover. Reconsidering the fossil speculation, the museum displays, and the media frenzy that ushered dinosaurs into the American public consciousness, this work takes us back to the birth of dinomania, the modern obsession with all things Jurassic. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 halftones, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; GM; RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226074726
- ISBN
- 9780226074726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.96€ 76.88
€ 91.96
€ 76.88
Paperback. "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Marstine, Janet C. Num Pages: 512 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 29 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GM; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415566124
- ISBN
- 9780415566124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.50
€ 59.50
paperback. A fully revised and expanded edition of the exploration of the historical, legal and political issues in cultural restitution, first published in 2007. Num Pages: 524 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107625402
- ISBN
- 9781107625402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 30.77
€ 49.99
€ 30.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages, 70 color + 215 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; GM; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 290 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1858.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300209846
- ISBN
- 9780300209846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.73€ 41.28
€ 51.73
€ 41.28
Paperback. Explores a growing crisis of modern America: the dissolution of place that leads to a dangerous rupture of community. Series: American Association for State & Local History. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102880
- ISBN
- 9780759102880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.96
€ 61.96
Paperback. A collection of essays discussing critical issues of museum history, theory and practice. Editor(s): Vergo, Peter. Series: Critical Views. Num Pages: 238 pages, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948462030
- ISBN
- 9780948462030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Paperback. An exploration of 'historical truth' as presented at Colonial Williamsburg. This book examines the packaging of American history, and consumerism and the manufacturing of cultural beliefs. Containing anecdotes, ethnography, and layers of cultural meaning, it is for anyone interested in how the story of American history is told. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GM; HBJK; JFC; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319740
- ISBN
- 9780822319740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.88
€ 31.99
€ 28.88
The National Museum of the American Indian. Critical Conversations.
. Ed(S): Lonetree, Amy; Cobb-Greetham, Amanda...
Paperback. Offers a look at the National Museum of the American Indian. This book covers a variety of perspectives, including those of Natives and non-Natives, museum employees, and outside scholars across disciplines such as cultural studies and criticism, art history, history, museum studies, anthropology, ethnic studies, and Native American studies. Editor(s): Lonetree, Amy; Cobb-Greetham, Amanda J. Num Pages: 518 pages, 21 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; ACBK; GM; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 518
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803211117
- ISBN
- 9780803211117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.91
€ 31.99
€ 28.91
Hardcover. For millions of people around the world, Tibet is a domain of undisturbed tradition, the Dalai Lama a spiritual guide. This book addresses the question of who has the right to represent Tibet in museums and beyond. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 colour plates, 50 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; AB; GM; HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 256 x 32. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317472
- ISBN
- 9780226317472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.96€ 76.88
€ 91.96
€ 76.88