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Useful Objects

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Author : Reed Gochberg
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-18

Useful Objects written by Reed Gochberg and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-18 with History categories.

Useful Objects examines the history of American museums during the nineteenth century through the eyes of visitors, writers, and collectors. Museums of this period included a wide range of objects, from botanical and zoological specimens to antiquarian artifacts and technological models. Intended to promote "useful knowledge," these collections generated broader discussions about how objects were selected, preserved, and classified. In guidebooks and periodicals, visitors described their experiences within museum galleries and marveled at the objects they encountered. In fiction, essays, and poems, writers embraced the imaginative possibilities represented by collections and proposed alternative systems of arrangement. These conversations interrogated many aspects of American culture, raising deep questions about how objects are interpreted--and who gets to decide their value. Combining literary criticism, the history of science, and museum studies, Useful Objects examines the dynamic and often fraught debates that emerged during a crucial period in the history of museums by drawing on a wide range of archival materials and accounts in fiction, guidebooks, and periodicals. As museums gradually transformed from encyclopedic cabinets to more specialized public institutions, many writers, including J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, William Wells Brown, Walt Whitman, and Henry David Thoreau, questioned who would have access to collections and the authority to interpret them. Throughout this period, they considered loss and preservation, raised concerns about the place of new ideas, and resisted increasingly fixed categories. Their reflections shaped broader debates about the scope and purpose of museums in American culture that continue to resonate today.

Report Of The Secretary Of Agriculture

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Author : Fifty-Third Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895

Report Of The Secretary Of Agriculture written by Fifty-Third Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with categories.

English Socialism

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Author : Henry Travis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880

English Socialism written by Henry Travis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Socialism categories.

Useful Objects For The Home

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1947

Useful Objects For The Home written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947 with House furnishings categories.

Useful Objects

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Author : Reed Gochberg
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021

'Useful Objects' examines the cultural history of nineteenth-century American museums through the eyes of writers, visitors, and collectors. Throughout this period, museums gradually transformed from encyclopedic cabinets to more specialized public institutions. These changes prompted wider debates about how museums determine what objects to select, preserve, and display-and who gets to decide. Drawing on a wide range of archival materials and accounts in fiction, guidebooks, and periodicals, this text shows how the challenges facing nineteenth-century museums continue to resonate in debates about their role in American culture today.

Annual Report

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Author : New Jersey. State Board of Education
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892

Annual Report written by New Jersey. State Board of Education and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Education categories.

The Manufacturer And Builder

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Author : Peter Henri Van der Weyde
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879

The Manufacturer And Builder written by Peter Henri Van der Weyde and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Building categories.

Billed in early issues as "a practical journal of industrial progress", this monthly covers a broad range of topics in engineering, manufacturing, mechanics, architecture, building, etc. Later issues say it is "devoted to the advancement and diffusion of practical knowledge."