Museums and Empire: Natural History, Human Cultures and Colonial Identities

by John M. MacKenzie

Book Overview

Museums and empire' is the first book to examine the origins and development of museums in six major regions if the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It analyses museum histories in thirteen major centres in Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India and South-East Asia, setting them into the economic and social contexts of the cities and colonies in which they were located. Written in a lively and informative style,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719083672
• ISBN13: 9780719083679
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"