{"product_id":"museums-and-american-intellectual-life-1876-1926-paperback","title":"Museums and American Intellectual Life, 1876-1926 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Conn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the last half of the nineteenth century, many of the country's most celebrated museums were built. In this original and daring study, Steven Conn argues that Americans, endowed with the belief that knowledge resided in objects themselves, built these institutions with the confidence that they could collect, organize, and display the sum of the world's knowledge. Conn discovers how museums gave definition to different bodies of knowledge and how these various museums helped to shape America's intellectual history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Conn is an enthusiastic advocate for his subject, an appealing thinker, an imaginative researcher, a scholar at ease with theory and with empirical evidence.\" -Ann Fabian, \u003ci\u003eReviews in American History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Steven Conn's masterly study of late-nineteenth century American museums transports the reader to a strange and wonderful intellectual universe. . . . At the end of the day, Conn reminds us, objects still have the power to fascinate, attract, evoke, and, in the right context, explain.\" -Christopher Clarke-Hazlett, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the last half of the nineteenth century, many of the country's most celebrated museums were built. In this impressive study, Steven Conn argues that Americans, endowed with the belief that knowledge resided in objects themselves, built these institutions with the confidence that they could collect, organize, and display the sum of the world's knowledge. Conn describes how museums gave definition to different areas of scholarship, and how they occupied a central place in America's intellectual life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Conn\u003c\/b\u003e teaches History at The Ohio State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 314\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454517002418,"sku":"9780226114934","price":57.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b9bc33a32367611e9cfe04a20f38bacc.webp?v=1778853217","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/museums-and-american-intellectual-life-1876-1926-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}