Museums in China: Power, Politics and Identities

by Tracey Lie Dan Lu

From the earliest museums established by Western missionaries in order to implement religious and political power, to the role they have played in the formation of the modern Chinese state, the origin and development of museums in mainland China differ significantly from those in the West. The occurrence of museums in mainland China in the late nineteenth century was primarily a result of internal and external conflicts, Westernization and colonialism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138120707
• ISBN13: 9781138120709
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"