【簡介
】This is the
first book to examine the origins and
development of museums in six major
regions of the British Empire in the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
It analyzes museum histories in thirteen
major centers in Canada, South Africa,
Australia, New Zealand, India and
South-East Asia, setting them into the
economic and social contexts of the
cities and colonies in which they were
located. Written in a lively and
informative style, it also touches upon
the history of many other museums in
Britain and other territories of the
Empire. A number of key themes emerge
from its pages; the development of
elites within colonial towns and cities;
the emergence of the full range of
cultural institutions associated with
this; and the reception and modification
of the key scientific ideas of the age.
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