Longair, Sarah (Editor)
McAleer, John (Editor)
Manchester University Press
Publication date: 2012
Language: English
Physical Details: xii + 240 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Curating empire explores the diverse roles played by museums and their curators in moulding and representing the British imperial experience. This collection demonstrates how individuals, their curatorial practices, and intellectual and political agendas influenced the development of a variety of museums across the globe.
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Review Dibley, Ben (2014) Review of "Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience". Australian Historical Studies (p. 274).
Review Stanard, Matthew G. (2014) Review of "Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience". Journal of British Studies (p. 248).
Chapter McAleer, John (2012) The Case of Thomas Baines, Curator-Explorer Extraordinaire, and the Display of Africa in Nineteenth-Century Norfolk. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 17).
Chapter Wintle, Claire (2012) Visiting the Empire at the Provincial Museum, 1900--50. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 37).
Chapter Knapman, Gareth (2012) Curiosities or Science in the National Museum of Victoria: Procurement Networks and the Purpose of a Museum. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 82).
Chapter Wellington, Jennifer (2012) Narrative as History, Image as Memory: Exhibiting the Great War in Australia, 1917--41. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 104).
Chapter Basu, Paul (2012) A Museum for Sierra Leone? Amateur Enthusiasms and Colonial Museum Policy in British West Africa. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 145).
Chapter McEvansoneya, Philip (2012) Sir William Gregory and the Origins and Foundation of the Colombo Museum. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 188).
Chapter Qureshi, Sadiah (2012) Tipu's Tiger and Images of India in British Museums, 1799--2009. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 207).
Chapter Longair, Sarah; McAleer, John (2012) Introduction: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 1).
Chapter McCarthy, Conal (2012) Carving Out a Place in the Better Britain of the South Pacific: Maori in New Zealand Museums and Exhibitions. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 56).
Chapter Longair, Sarah (2012) “The Lady Curator's Style”: Negotiating Curatorial Challenges in the Zanzibar Museum. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 122).
Chapter Nair, Savithri Preetha (2012) Edgar Thurston at the Madras Museum (1885--1909): The Multiple Careers of a Colonial Museum Curator. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 168).
Chapter Longair, Sarah; McAleer, John (2012) Afterword: Objects, empire and museums. In: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience (p. 225).
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