MacGregor, A;
The India Museum Revisited.
[Book].
UCL Press: London, UK.
Preview |
Text
The-India-Museum-Revisited.pdf Download (34MB) | Preview |
Abstract
The museum of the East India Company formed, for a large part of the nineteenth century, one of the sights of London. In recent years, little has been remembered of it beyond its mere existence, while an assumed negative role has been widely attributed to it on the basis of its position at the heart of one of Britain’s arch-colonialist enterprises. Extensively illustrated, The India Museum Revisited provides a full examination of the museum’s founding manifesto and evolving ambitions. It surveys the contents of its multi-faceted collections – with respect to materials, their manufacture and original functions on the Indian sub-continent – as well as the collectors who gathered them and the manner in which they were mobilized to various ends within the museum. From this integrated treatment of documentary and material sources, a more accurate, rounded and nuanced picture emerges of an institution that contributed in major ways, over a period of 80 years, to the representation of India for a European audience, not only in Britain but through the museum’s involvement in the international exposition movement to audiences on the continent and beyond.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | The India Museum Revisited |
| ISBN-13: | 9781800085701 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781800085701 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800085701 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text © Author, 2023 Images © Copyright holders named in captions, 2023 This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non- commercial use provided author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Attribution should include the following information: MacGregor, A. 2023. The India Museum Revisited. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800085701 Further details about Creative Commons licences are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | India Museum, India, museum studies, history, heritage studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10178026 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
