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Collecting Mexico museums, monuments, and the creation of national identity /

Main Author: Garrigan, Shelley E.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.
Subjects:
Cultural property > Social aspects > Mexico.
Exhibitions > History > 19th century. > Mexico
Museums > Social aspects > Mexico.
National characteristics, Mexican.
Mexico > Antiquities > Social aspects.
Mexico > Cultural policy > 19th century. > History
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10555673
Table of Contents:
  • Fine art and demand : debating the Mexican national canon (1876-1910)
  • Our archaeology : science, citizenry, patrimony, and the museum
  • The hidden lives of historical monuments : commerce, fashion, and memorial
  • Collections at the World's Fair : rereading Mexico in Paris, 1889
  • Collecting numbers : statistics and the constructive force of deficiency.

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