By Amy K. Levin, David Kyvig
Publish 12 months note: First released in December twenty eighth 2006
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Defining Memory makes use of case reports of indicates from round the nation to check how neighborhood museums, outlined as museums whose collections are neighborhood in scope or whose audiences are basically neighborhood, have either formed and been formed through evolving group values and experience of historical past. Levin and her individuals argue that those small associations play a key position in defining America's self-identity and may be studied as heavily as extra nationwide associations just like the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of artwork.
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