Useful Objects: Museums, Science, and Literature in Nineteenth-Century America

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Reed Gochberg (Assistant Director of Studies and Lecturer on History and Literature, Assistant Director of Studies and Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University)

Useful Objects

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Museums, Science, and Literature in Nineteenth-Century America

Reed Gochberg (Assistant Director of Studies and Lecturer on History and Literature, Assistant Director of Studies and Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
21 April 2022

Literary studies: general; Library & information sciences; History of the Americas; History of ideas

Useful Objects examines the history of American museums during the nineteenth century through the eyes of visitors, writers, and collectors. Museums of this period included a wide range of objects, from botanical and zoological specimens to antiquarian artifacts and technological models. Intended to promote

By: Reed Gochberg (Assistant Director of Studies and Lecturer on History and Literature Assistant Director of Studies and Lecturer on History and Literature Harvard University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 165mm, Width: 244mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780197553480
ISBN 10: 0197553486
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 21 April 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Circulating Objects: Loss and Decay in the American Philosophical Society's Cabinet 2. Shadowed Silhouettes: Writing Indigenous Resistance in Early American Museums 3. American Claimants: Overwhelming Collections and Visitor Impressions at the British Museum 4. Novel Inventions: Nation and Spectacle in the U.S. Patent Office Gallery 5. Specimen Collectors: Preservation and Classification at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Reed Gochberg is a Lecturer on history and literature at Harvard University. Her research and teaching focus on American studies, museum studies, and material culture.

Reviews for Useful Objects: Museums, Science, and Literature in Nineteenth-Century America

"...One could easily imagine her book ""sparking"" many fruitful inquiries into more concrete practices. * Caitlin Galante DeAngelis Hopkins, New England Quarterly * Useful Objects itself functions as a kind of museum, bringing together different museums and modes of understanding in order to see what ""sparks"" arise. * E. Thomas Finan, ALH Online Review * Reed Gochberg's rich and complicated Useful Objects: Museums, Science, and Literature in Nineteenth-Century America took me back to that odd classroom moment and underlined the significance of the difference between a subject, who is curious, and an object who has become a curiosity to others. * Ann Fabian, American Historical Review *"