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Penny shows that German ethnologists were not driven by imperialist desires or an interest in legitimating putative biological or racial hierarchies. Overwhelmingly antiracist, they aspired to generate theories about the essential nature of human beings through their museums' collections. They gained support in their efforts from boosters who were enticed by participating in this international science and who used it to promote the cosmopolitan character of their cities and themselves. But these cosmopolitan ideals were eventually overshadowed by the scientists' more modern, professional, and materialist concerns, which dramatically altered the science and its goals.
By clarifying German ethnologists' aspirations and focusing on the market and conflicting interest groups, Penny makes important contributions to German history, the history of science, and museum studies.
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- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Notes
- 1. Modernist Visions and Municipal Displays
- The Shaping of German Ethnology: Adolf Bastian's Humboldtian Vision
- Ethnology and the Museum Age
- Kultur, Bildung, and the Modernist Moment
- Municipal Displays
- Notes
- 2. The International Market in Material Culture
- Possession
- The Market
- Commodity Networking
- Value
- The Doctrine of Scarcity
- Notes
- 3. The Cultures of Collection and the Politics of Science
- The Authority of Science
- Dealing with Dealers
- Imperialist Opportunities
- Colonial Complications
- "The Case of Fric"
- Notes
- 4. The Audience as Author
- The International Community of Science
- Patrons
- Local Elites
- The "Uneducated Public"
- Who's Being Served?
- Notes
- 5. Museum Chaos
- First Walk-Through: A Whiggish History of Development and Display
- Second Walk-Through: A Peculiar Kind of Stasis
- Displays of Disorder?
- Receptions
- Notes
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A-C
- D-G
- H-M
- N-S
- T-Z
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