Moral lessons and reforming agendas: History museums, science museums, contentious topics and contemporary societies

Museum Revolutions: How Museums Change and are Changed

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 330-342

  Cameron, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 66649123752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203932643     Document Type: Chapter

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