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1 online resource (320 pages) |
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Summary |
Made in Newark describes a changing industrial city at the dawn of the twentieth century, when the city's outspoken library director, John Cotton Dana, collaborated with industrialists, social workers, and New Women to reconfigure a cultural institution for a city in flux. This is the story of experimental library exhibitions and the founding of the Newark Museum Association-a project in which cultural literacy was intertwined with lessons in civics and consumption. It explores precedents for contemporary debates over the ways the library and museum engage communities, define heritage. |
Contents |
Introduction : cultivating the industrial city -- The engine of culture -- The business of culture -- The virtues of industry -- Molding and modeling civic consumption : clay industries of New Jersey, 1915 -- Weaving the new into the old : textile industries of New Jersey, 1916 -- A parade of civic virtue -- Conclusion : the industrious citizen. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Dana, John Cotton, 1856-1929 -- Political and social views.
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Dana, John Cotton, 1856-1929. |
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Political and social views. |
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Newark Public Library -- History.
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Newark Public Library. |
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History. |
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Newark Museum -- History.
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Newark Museum. |
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Public libraries -- New Jersey -- Newark -- History.
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Public libraries. |
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New Jersey -- Newark. |
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Museums -- New Jersey -- Newark -- History.
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Museums. |
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Librarians -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography.
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Librarians. |
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Museum directors -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography.
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Museum directors. |
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Libraries and community.
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Libraries and community. |
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Museums and community.
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Museums and community. |
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Arts and crafts movement -- United States.
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Arts and crafts movement. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9780813547695 |
ISBN |
9780813549927 electronic book |
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0813549922 electronic book |
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9780813547695 (alkaline paper) |
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0813547695 (alkaline paper) |
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