Museums and Empire: Natural History, Human Cultures and Colonial Identities

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. It analyses museum histories in thirteen major centres 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. It will be essential reading for students and academics concerned with museum studies and imperial history and to a wider public devoted to the cause of museums and heritage

Author: John M. MacKenzie
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 10/01/2010
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d
ISBN13: 9780719083679
ISBN10: 0719083672
BISAC Categories:
- History | Social History
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
- History | Modern | 19th Century

About the Author

John MacKenzie is Emeritus Professor of Imperial History, Lancaster University and holds Honorary Professorships at Aberdeen, St Andrews and Stirling, as well as an Honorary Fellowship at Edinburgh.