Exhibition Dilemmas: Issues of Representation at the Smithsonian Tapa dura - 1996

Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1996T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.1000 9.0000 6.1000.

Smithsonian Books, 1997. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9781560986904

Smithsonian Books. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Smithsonian Inst Pr. Used - Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardback. Very Good.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 285 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. Please Note: Pages 141-144 have been dog eared. First Edition / First Printing. 5,4,3,2,1. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. Cloth, vi, 285 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "In twelve essays on such diverse Smithsonian Institution holdings as the Hope Diamond, the Wright Flyer, wooden Zuni carvings, and the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth lunch counter, Exhibiting Dilemmas explores a wide range of social, political, and ethical questions faced by museum curators in their roles as custodians of culture. Focusing on the challenges posed by the transformation of exhibitions from object-driven "cabinets of curiosities" to idea-driven sources of education and entertainment, the contributors - all Smithsonian curators and staff members - provide a lively and sometimes provocative discussion of the increasingly complex enterprise of acquiring and displaying objects in a museum setting. In showing how the exhibitions in America's national… Leer más

Smithsonian, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Dust jacket. Illustrated. 212p. Index. References. In twelve essays on such diverse Smithsonian Institution holdings as the Hope Diamond, the Wright Flyer, wooden Zuni carvings, and the Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth lunch counter that became a symbol of the Civil Rights movement, Exhibiting Dilemmas explores a wide range of social, political, and ethical questions faced by museum curators in their roles as custodians of culture. Contributors include Steve Lubar, Mary Jo Arnoldi, Tom D. Crouch, William W. Fitzhugh and others.

Washington DC: Smithsonian Books, 1996. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 298 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black spine with blue lettering. Some minor shelfwear to dust jacket front, Otherwise tight copy. Black and white images throughout. Record # 471147

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. Hardback. Fine/Very Good.