Museums and empire

Museums and empire

Museums and empire

John M MacKenzie / John M. MacKenzie / John MMacKenzie

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Manchester University Press (P648)
Año de edición:
2010
Materia
Historia general y mundial
ISBN:
9780719083679
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Museums and Empire is the first book to examine the origins and development of museums in six major regions if the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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