The Museum of Mankind

The Museum of MankindThe Museum of Mankind was an innovative and popular showcase for minority cultures from around the non Western world from 1970 to 1997. This memoir is a critical appreciation of its achievements in the various roles of a national museum, of the personalities of its staff and of the issues raised in the representation of exotic cultures. Issues of changing museum theory and practice are raised in a detailed case study that also focuses on the social

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Winner of the 2011 Empire State History Book Award presented by New York State Archives Partnership Trust

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The first comparative analysis of the development and practice of parliamentary technology assessment in different national settings

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