01913cam a2200349 i 4500 122711 20230410132718.0 130219s2013 mdua b 001 0 eng 2013004825 1421411008 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781421411002 (hardcover : alk. paper) (CaOOAMICUS)000042326742 CaOTU eng n-us--- Q 11 P857w 2013 069.0973 Post, Robert C. Who owns America's past? : the Smithsonian and the problem of history / Robert C. Post. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013, c2013 xxvi, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. A chain of events linking past to present -- Modernization -- A worthy home for national treasures -- Allies and critics -- To join in a Smithsonian renaissance -- A special kind of insight -- The winded gospel -- Celebration or education? -- A crisis of representation -- Small's world -- Timely and relevant themes and methods of presentation. "From an insider's perspective, Robert C. Post ... offers insight into the politics of display and the interpretation of history. Never before has a book about the Smithsonian detailed the recent and dramatic shift from collection-driven shows, with artifacts meant to speak for themselves, to concept-driven exhibitions, in which objects aim to tell a story, displayed like illustrations in a book."--Dust jacket flap. Smithsonian Institution History. Museums Social aspects United States. Museums Political aspects United States. Public history United States. Smithsonian Institution Historia. Museos Estados Unidos. lcc bk JaaM 86333 86333 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 Q 11 P857w 2013 00000115598 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk