The culture of property
Subtitle: the crisis of liberalism in modern Britain
By: Jordanna Bailkin.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Cultural property -- Protection -- Great Britain.; Liberalism -- Great Britain.; Museums -- Great Britain -- History.; Material culture -- Great Britain -- History.; Great Britain -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- History.; Great Britain -- Cultural policy.
Description: "Drawing on court transcripts, gallery archives, exhibition reviews, private correspondence - and a striking series of cartoons and photographs - The Culture of Property traverses the history of gender, material culture, urban life, colonialism, Irish and Scottish nationalism, and British citizenship. This book challenges recent scholarship in museum studies in light of ongoing culture wars. It should be required reading for cultural policy makers, museum professionals, and anyone interested in the history of art and Britain."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: Celtic gold : the Irish invention of repatriation; title: The art of the stateless nation : the National Galleries of Scotland bill; title: Picturing feminism, selling liberalism : the case of the disappearing Holbein; title: Civics and "civi-otics" at the London Museum.