Things American Art Museums and Civic Culture in the Progressive Era |
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| Author:
| Trask, Jeffrey |
| Series title: | The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-4362-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Things American examines the relationship between American museums and cultural democracy in the first part of the twentieth century by looking at the role museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the institutions it inspired played in Progressive Era social and cultural reform.
Things American examines the relationship between American museums and cultural democracy in the first part of the twentieth century by looking at the role museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the institutions it inspired played in Progressive Era social and cultural reform.