Colonial Collecting and Display : : Encounters with Material Culture from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands / / Claire Wintle.
In the late-nineteenth century, British travelers to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands compiled wide-ranging collections of material culture for scientific instruction and personal satisfaction. Colonial Collecting and Display follows the compelling history of a particular set of such objects, tracing...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Museums and Collections ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Map of the Andaman Islands
- Map of the Nicobar Islands
- Introduction: Imperial Encounters and Material Culture
- 1 Production, Use, Exchange: Spheres of Influence in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- 2 Colonial Perspectives on Material Culture from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- 3 Wider Spheres of Influence: Th e Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Victorian and Edwardian Britain
- 4 Public Property: Th e Andaman and Nicobar Islands at Brighton Museum, 1900–1949
- 5 Objects and Encounters Today
- Bibliography
- Index