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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Dillon, Wilton
Titre(s) : Smithsonian stories [Texte imprimé] : chronicle of a golden age, 1964-1984 / Wilton S. Dillon ; with an introduction by Robert D. Sullivan
Publication : New Brunswick (U.S.A.) : Transaction Publishers, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xxxviii, 370 pages) ; 24 cm
Comprend : Dedication ; Foreword / by Robert Sullivan ; Prologue / by Wilton S. Dillon ;
Part One. Curtain time, stages, characters ; My Smithsonian beginning ; Man and
beast : two inquiries, 1969 and 1986 ; The cultural drama : identity and ferment
; Our simply sensational salon : the South Tower ; Savants and muses in the Castle
; Part Two. Enrichments ; Our French connection ; Variations on Indian and Chinese
themes ; Space age on the ground ; Play and inventiveness ; New generations at
the Smithsonian ; Part Three. Interactions ; Encountering the White House, Congress,
and Judiciary ; Owls and falcons ; Imagining a museum of humankind ; Elizabeth
Taylor and Mr. Smithson's ghost ; Linking Yves Klein and Marcel Mauss ; Part Four.
Commemorations ; Celebrating Copernicus ; Whither "STEM" and the liberal arts ;
Einstein redux ; Pax Americana : 1976 ; Edinburgh 1984 : the enduring Scottish Enlightenment
; Acknowledgments and epilogue ; Appendices: [A] A harvest of Smithsonian contributions
to knowledge ; [B] Major symposia and participants.
Note(s) : Includes index. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Sujet(s) : Smithsonian institution -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781412854597. - ISBN 1412854598 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450190178
Notice n° :
FRBNF45019017
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
