Revolutionizing U.S. Museums of Science and Natural History in the Twentieth Century
by
Karen A. Rader, Victoria E. M. Cain
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Rich with archival detail and compelling characters, Life on Display uses the history of biological exhibitions to analyze museums’ shifting roles in twentieth-century American science and society. Karen A. Rader and Victoria E. M. Cain chronicle profound changes in these exhibitions—and the institutions...