Artifacts and Allegiances: How Museums Put the Nation and the World on Display
Author:   Peggy Levitt
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520286078


Pages:   268
Publication Date:   07 July 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Peggy Levitt
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780520286078


ISBN 10:   0520286073
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   07 July 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Bog and the Beast: The View of the Nation and the World from Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Gothenburg 2. The Legislator and the Priest: Cosmopolitan Nationalism in Boston and New York 3. Arabia and the East: How Singapore and Doha Display the Nation and the World Conclusion Notes Bibliography List of Plates Image Credits Index

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An illuminating study that will be of interest to academics and museum professionals working in the field today. Publishers Weekly


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Peggy Levitt is Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College and a Senior Research Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University, where she codirects the Transnational Studies Initiative. In 2015, she is a Robert Schuman Fellow at the European University Institute. Her books include Books, Bodies, and Bronzes: Comparative Sites of Global Citizenship Creation, Religion on the Edge, God Needs No Passport, The Changing Face of Home: The Transnational Lives of the Second Generation, and The Transnational Villagers.

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