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1 online resource (ix, 256 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Largely due to the tastes of nineteenth century Western collectors and curators, weaponry abounds in ethnographic museums. However, the relative absence of Asian, African, Native American and Oceanic arms and armour from contemporary gallery displays neither reflects this fact, nor accords these important artefacts the attention they deserve. Weapons are often those objects in museums which most strongly record traumatic histories of colonial conquest around the world, showcase a society's most complex technologies, and encode a wealth of historical information relating to violent conflict, cu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Anthropological museums and collections.
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Anthropological museums and collections. |
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Weapons.
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Weapons. |
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Anthropology. |
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Society & culture: general. |
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Museology & heritage studies. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Crowley, Tom, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Weapons, culture and the anthropology museum. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018 1527503755 (OCoLC)1007928836 |
| ISBN |
9781527503755 (electronic book) |
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1527503755 (electronic book) |
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1527510484 |
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9781527510487 |
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1527503755 |
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