ISBN10: 022610091X, ISBN13: 9780226100913, [publisher: The University of Chicago Press] Softcover The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the enlightenment, a manifestation of European society's growing belief that the spread of knowledge, promotion of intellectual inquiry, and trust in individual agency were crucial to human development and the future of a rational society. This title takes us on a brief tour of the modern museum. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages, 4 colour plates, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218. . 2018. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2018]

University of Chicago Press 2018 Trade paperback New The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the enlightenment, a manifestation of European society's growing belief that the spread of knowledge, promotion of intellectual inquiry, and trust in individual agency were crucial to human development and the future of a rational society. This title takes us on a brief tour of the modern museum. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages, 4 colour plates, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218. 2018. Illustrated. paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.