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Museums and American Intellectual Life, 1876-1926 (1st Edition) by Steven Conn Paperback, 314 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-226-11493-7 / 0226114937 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-11493-4 / 9780226114934 During the last half of the nineteenth century, many of the country's most celebrated museums were built. In this original and daring study, Steven Conn argues that Americans, endowed with the belief that knowledge resided in objects themselves, built these institutions with the confidence that they |