The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics

In a series of richly detailed case studies from Britian, Australia and North America, Tony Bennett investigates how nineteenth- and twentieth-century museums, fairs and exhibitions have organized their collections, and their visitors.

Author: Tony Bennett
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/04/1995
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.28w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780415053884

About the Author
Tony Bennett is Professor of Cultural Studies and Foundation Director of the Institute for Cultural Policy Studies in the Faculty of Humanities at Griffith University, Australia. He is the author of Formalism and Marxism, Outside Literature and (with Janet Woollacott) Bond and Beyond: The Political Career of a Popular Hero.