Museums, Objects, and Collections: A Cultural StudyBibliografie : p. 274-287 Met reg. Exploration of the nature of museums, their collections and the objects which form these collections; the psychological reasons why people collect; and the nature of relics, fetishes and systematic assemblages. |
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