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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Public History in Historical Perspective
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Public history in historical perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"A cabinet, that every mariner may possess the history of the world" -- Origins -- "May resources from the ambition of its members continue to accomplish its design" -- A society of collectors -- "Gathered, with cost and pains, from every clime" -- A museum built by mariners, the public, and the global networks of nineteenth-century maritime trade -- Exhibition and display -- Visitor experiences at the East India Marine Society Museum -- "That thus their exploits, on the ocean wave, from age to age might still be handed down" -- A continuing legacy of inspiration. |
| Summary |
The East India Marine Society Museum was one of the most influential collecting institutions in nineteenth-century America. From 1799 to 1867, when Salem, Massachusetts, was a premier American port and launching pad for international trade, the museum's collection developed at a nexus of global exchange, with donations of artwork, crafts, and flora and fauna pouring in from distant ports of call. At a time when the country was filled with Barnum-esque exhibitions, visitors to this museum could circumnavigate the globe and gain an understanding of the world and their place within it.0'Collecting the Globe' presents the first in-depth exploration of the East India Marine Society Museum, the precursor to the internationally acclaimed Peabody Essex Museum. Offering fresh perspectives on museums in the United States before the Civil War and how they helped shape an American identity, George H. Schwartz explores the practices of collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting a diversity of international objects and art in the early United States. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Salem East India Marine Society Museum.
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East-India Marine Society of Salem.
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East-India Marine Society of Salem. |
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Maritime museums -- Massachusetts -- Salem.
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Maritime museums. |
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Massachusetts -- Salem. |
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Shipping -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History.
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Shipping. |
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History. |
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Salem (Mass.) -- History, Naval.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Naval history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schwartz, George H. Collecting the globe. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020] 9781625344717 (DLC) 2019019893 (OCoLC)1110137126 |
| ISBN |
9781613767146 (electronic book) |
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1613767145 (electronic book) |
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9781625344717 |
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1625344716 |
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9781625344724 |
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1625344724 |
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