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Producing the Past: Aspects of Antiquarian Culture and Practice, 1700-1850

Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title: Publication Type:Book, Whole Authors:Myrone,Martin

Peltz,Lucy

Editors: Publisher:Ashgate Place of Publication:Brookfield, Vt. Publication Date:1999 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume: Issue: Start Page:214 End Page: Abstract:"Antiquarianism, which had its roots in Renaissance thought, was a popular intellectual and cultural pursuit throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The antiquarian work of collecting, compiling and presenting material which exposed the past was seminal to the formation of social and national identities. These essays evaluate the cultural and political implications of antiquarianism in the period 1700-1850. The volume also considers how the antiquarians laid the foundations of later museum culture and the discipline of history."--BOOK JACKET.

Descriptors/Keywords:Museums

Historiography

Historical museums

History

Museum techniques

Antiquarians

Archaeology and history

Material culture

Antiquities

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