Ivan Karp & Christine Mullen Kreamer 
Museums and Communities [EPUB ebook] 

The controversy surrounding the significant ‘Into the Heart of Africa’ exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada is explored in this compelling and analytical text. The exhibit has become an inte …

This collection brings together a group of highly respected law and religion scholars to explore the funding of religious heritage in the context of state support for religions. The importance of thi …

Large-scale disasters mobilize heritage professionals to a narrative of heritage-at-risk and a standardized set of processes to counter that risk. Trinidad Rico’s critical ethnography analyses herita …

This important book addresses critical themes in the development of archaeology as a reflexive, self-critical discipline in the modern world. It explores the ethical, political and cultural tensions …

The western Japanese city of Hagi is the town in Japan which has preserved the greatest level of Tokugawa period (1600-1868) urban and architectural fabric. As such it is a major tourist destination …

First published in 2004. This eight volume set is a compilation of writings of Museums and their development from the 1700 to 1900s. Volume 7 includes volume 3 of Treasure of Art in Great Britain, an …

In almost all Western countries, concerted efforts are made to stimulate the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in health care. Yet the number of success stories are few and the fr …

Since the 1960s, Charles Chadwyck-Healey has been at the forefront of library publishing and the company he founded in 1973 remains a familiar brand name to academic libraries around the world. In th …

This volume examines the ways in which the violent legacies of the twentieth century continue to affect the concept of the nation. Through a study of three societies’ commemoration of notorious episo …