Making Histories in Transport Museums
Author:   Colin Divall ,  Andrew John Scott
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9780718501068


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   01 November 2001
Format:   Hardback
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Making Histories in Transport Museums


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This book is the first for over 30 years to take transport museums seriously as vehicles for the making of public histories. Drawing on years of experience visiting and working in transport museums around the world, the authors argue that the sector's historical roots are more complex than is usually thought.

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Author:   Colin Divall ,  Andrew John Scott
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 15.60cm
Weight:   0.504kg
ISBN:  

9780718501068


ISBN 10:   0718501063
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   01 November 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

The curator's dilemma - a limit to operation?; back to the past - transport historiography and transport museums in historical context; theories and things - the changing role of the object in trnsport museums; fast track to the future? - redefining transport museums for the 21st century.

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Colin Divall is a professor at the Institute of Railway Studies, York. Andrew Scott is Head of the National Railway Museum, York.

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