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Nature and Culture asks how objects were collected and displayed in the twentieth century. It explores natural and cultural objects in the Manchester Museum, a major university collection. How did these specimens come to be there? What happened to them in the collection, and who used them?

Table of Contents

Introduction: museum historiographies
1. Prologue: the Manchester Natural History Society
2. Nature: scientific disciplines in the museum
3. Culture: artefacts and disciplinary formation
4. Acquisition: collecting networks and the museum
5. Practice: technique and the lives of objects in the collection
6. Visitors: audiences and objects
Conclusion: the museum in the twentieth century
Notes
List of archives
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 10/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719089039, 978-0719089039
      ISBN10: 0719089034

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Nature and Culture asks how objects were collected and displayed in the twentieth century. It explores natural and cultural objects in the Manchester Museum, a major university collection. How did these specimens come to be there? What happened to them in the collection, and who used them?

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: museum historiographies
      1. Prologue: the Manchester Natural History Society
      2. Nature: scientific disciplines in the museum
      3. Culture: artefacts and disciplinary formation
      4. Acquisition: collecting networks and the museum
      5. Practice: technique and the lives of objects in the collection
      6. Visitors: audiences and objects
      Conclusion: the museum in the twentieth century
      Notes
      List of archives
      Bibliography
      Index

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