Possessors and Possessed Museums, Archaeology, and the Visualization of History in the Late Ottoman Empire

Possessors and Possessedanalyzes how and why museums-characteristically Western institutions-emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. Shaw argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and mode...

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Main Author:	Shaw, Wendy M. K.
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley, Calif University of California Press 2003
Edition:	1
Subjects:	1874 antiquities law abdlaziz abdlhamid abdlhamid ii antique weapons antiquities archaeology cameras church of the hagia irene collection Collection management colonial narratives conquest display empire HISTORY HISTORY / Middle East / General identity imperial armory imperial museum imperialism islam Middle East military military storehouse museum administration museum exhibits Museums Museums > Collection management > Turkey > History Museums > Turkey > History national identity ottoman empire ottoman museums railroads relics spoils of war spolia technology Turkey turks war ottoman museums ottoman empire spoils of war collection management national identity spolia museum exhibits abdlhamid ii cameras islam museums identity archaeology empire military imperial armory artifacts antiquities museum administration turks 1874 antiquities law abdlhamid display war antique weapons relics abdlaziz collection technology history conquest colonial narratives middle east turkey military storehouse church of the hagia irene imperialism railroads imperial museum
ISBN:	0520233352, 9780520233355, 9780520928565, 0520928563
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