Title: Curators and culture :
Authors: Orosz, Joel J.
Date: 1990
Publisher: University of Alabama Press,
Physical description: xii, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: A
Contents: Prologue: Thesis, definitions, and structure -- The curio cabinet transplanted to the New World, 1740-1780 -- The moderate enlightenment, 1780-1800: the museum for the respectability -- The didactic enlightenment, 1800-1820: the decline of the respectability -- The age of egalitarianism, 1820-1840: the ideal of popular education -- The age of professionalism, 1840-1860: the scientists lead the way -- The American compromise, 1850-1870: the synthesis of popular education and professionalism -- Epilogue: The American compromise and museum historiography.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Museum curators--United States--History.; Museums--United States--History.; Popular culture--Museums--United States--History.; Popular culture--United States--Museums--History.