Sociology and the Social Aspects of Museums

A Companion to Museum Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 33-49

  Fyfe, Gordon ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil religion; International conferences; Museums; Social aspects; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890987579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996836.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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