Collecting Mexico
Subtitle: museums, monuments, and the creation of national identity
By: Shelley E. Garrigan
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816670925; 9780816670932
Subjects: Museums; Mexican National characteristics; Cultural property; Exhibitions; Cultural policy; Antiquities; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fine art and demand : debating the Mexican national canon (1876-1910); title: Our archaeology : science, citizenry, patrimony, and the museum; title: The hidden lives of historical monuments : commerce, fashion, and memorial; title: Collections at the World's Fair : rereading Mexico in Paris, 1889; title: Collecting numbers : statistics and the constructive force of deficiency.