- This topic is empty.
-
Posts
-
Made in Newark
Cultivating Industrial Arts and Civic Identity in the Progressive Era
by Ezra Shales- Release date: June 30, 2010
- Author: Ezra Shales
- Publisher: Rivergate Books
- Format: hardcover, 322 pages
- ISBN: 9780813547695 (0813547695)
- Language: english
About The Book
What does it mean to turn the public library or museum into a civic forum? Made in Newark describes a turbulent industrial city at the dawn of the twentieth century and the ways it inspired the library’s outspoken director, John Cotton Dana, to collaborate with industrialists, social workers, educators, and New Women.
This is the story of experimental exhibitions in the library and the founding of the Newark Museum Associationùa project in which cultural literacy was intertwined with civics and consumption. Local artisans demonstrated crafts, connecting the cultural institution to the department store, school, and factory, all of which invoked the ideal of municipal patriotism. Today, as cultural institutions reappraise their relevance, Made in Newark explores precedents for contemporary debates over the ways the library and museum engage communities, define heritage in a multicultural era, and add value to the economy.
Hardcover ebook Made in Newark buy cheap. MP3 Made in Newark Ezra Shales read reader on Dymocks. Hardback book Made in Newark by Ezra Shales download on iOS on Powells. MOBI Made in Newark. TXT ebook Made in Newark read online for Mac.
