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Preserving Maritime America - James M. Lindgren

Preserving Maritime America

A Cultural History of the Nation's Great Maritime Museums
Buch | Softcover
352 Seiten
2019
University of Massachusetts Press (Verlag)
978-1-62534-463-2 (ISBN)
CHF 45,90 inkl. MwSt
While Britain and other countries have established national museums to nurture their seagoing traditions, America has left that responsibility to private institutions. In this first-of-its-kind history, James Lindgren focuses on a half-dozen of these great museums, ranging from Salem's East India Marine Society to San Francisco's Maritime Museum.
The United States has long been dependent on the seas, but Americans know little about their maritime history. While Britain and other countries have established national museums to nurture their seagoing traditions, America has left that responsibility to private institutions. In this first-of-its-kind history, James M. Lindgren focuses on a half-dozen of these great museums, ranging from Salem's East India Marine Society, founded in 1799, to San Francisco's Maritime Museum and New York's South Street Seaport Museum, which were established in recent decades.

Begun by activists with unique agendas -- whether overseas empire, economic redevelopment, or cultural preservation -- these museums have displayed the nation's complex interrelationship with the sea. Yet they all faced chronic shortfalls, as policymakers, corporations, and everyday citizens failed to appreciate the oceans' formative environment. Preserving Maritime America shows how these institutions shifted course to remain solvent and relevant and demonstrates how their stories tell of the nation's rise and decline as a commercial maritime power.

James M. Lindgren is professor of history at the State University of New York Plattsburgh.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Public History in Historical Perspective
Zusatzinfo 36 illustrations
Verlagsort Massachusetts
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 498 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Allgemeines / Lexika
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Hilfswissenschaften
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte
ISBN-10 1-62534-463-5 / 1625344635
ISBN-13 978-1-62534-463-2 / 9781625344632
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