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Science for the nation : perspectives on the history of the Science Museum / edited by Peter J.T. Morris.

Science for the nation : perspectives on the history of the Science Museum / edited by Peter J.T. Morris.
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ISBN 9780230230095 (hardback)
Title Science for the nation : perspectives on the history of the Science Museum / edited by Peter J.T. Morris.
Publisher and/or associated date/s New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description xxi, 350 p. : ill., tables ; 24 cm
Contents Machine generated contents note: Preface--M.Jackson -- Introduction--P.Morris -- Infected by the Bacillus of Science: The Explosion of South Kensington--R.Bud -- The Early Years: The Science Museum at War and Peace--T.Scheinfeldt -- The Science Museum and the Second World War--T.Parsons III -- Ambition and Anxiety: The Science Museum, 1950s to 1983--S.Anthony -- Parallax Error? A Participants Account of the Science Museum, c.1980-c.2000--T.Boon -- Waves of Change: How The Science Museums Library Rose, Fell and Rose Again--N.Wyatt -- A Worthy and Suitable House Science Museum Buildings and the Temporality of Space--D.Rooney -- Exhibiting Science: Changing Conceptions of Science Museum Display--A.Nahum -- It's Not Just a 'Children's Playground.' The Influence of Children on the Development of the Science Museum--A.Bunney -- An Effective Organ of Public Enlightenment: The Role of Temporary Exhibitions in the Science Museum--P.Morris -- Collecting for the Science Museum: Constructing the Collections, the Culture and the Institution--R.Bud -- Lifting the Stone: Housing the Collections--J.Liffen -- The International Context and the Context of Internationalism--T.Scheinfeldt -- Creating the Most Admired Museum in the World in the Twentieth-First Century--C.Rapley -- A short essay on the Science Museum in the 21st Century.
Subjects History
Science and state -- Great Britain -- London -- History
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Morris, Peter John Turnbull
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