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Life On Display: Revolutionizing U.S. Museums Of Science And Natural History In The Twentieth Century,New
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Rich With Archival Detail And Compelling Characters, Life On Display Uses The History Of Biological Exhibitions To Analyze Museums Shifting Roles In Twentiethcentury American Science And Society. Karen A. Rader And Victoria E. M. Cain Chronicle Profound Changes In These Exhibitionsand The Institutions That Housed Thembetween 1910 And 1990, Ultimately Offering New Perspectives On The History Of Museums, Science, And Science Education.Rader And Cain Explain Why Science And Natural History Museums Began To Welcome New Audiences Between The 1900S And The 1920S And Chronicle The Turmoil That Resulted From The Introduction Of New Kinds Of Biological Displays. They Describe How These Displays Of Life Changed Dramatically Once Again In The 1930S And 1940S, As Museums Negotiated Changing, Often Conflicting Interests Of Scientists, Educators, And Visitors. The Authors Then Reveal How Museum Staffs, Facing Intense Public And Scientific Scrutiny, Experimented With Wildly Different Definitions Of Life Science And Life Science Education From The 1950S Through The 1980S. The Book Concludes With A Discussion Of The Influence That Corporate Sponsorship And Blockbuster Economics Wielded Over Science And Natural History Museums In The Centurys Last Decades.A Vivid, Entertaining Study Of The Ways Science And Natural History Museums Shaped And Were Shaped By Understandings Of Science And Public Education In The Twentiethcentury United States, Life On Display Will Appeal To Historians, Sociologists, And Ethnographers Of American Science And Culture, As Well As Museum Practitioners And General Readers.
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