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The Hall of the North American Indian
Change and Continuity
Hillel S. Burger
Harvard University Press, 1990
In 1990, the Peabody Museum reopened its Hall of the North American Indian, which since the late nineteenth century has displayed the most signifcant objects from the museum's vast Native American collections. In stunning full-page color photographs by Hillel Burger, this catalog captures the extraordinary richness of the collections.
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Heritage Dynamics
Understanding and Adapting to Change in Diverse Heritage Contexts
Kalliopi Fouseki
University College London, 2022
A systemic reconsideration of the formation and preservation of heritage.

As a sociocultural concept, heritage flows through cycles of emergence, change, disappearance, and revival. These lifecycles are influenced by heritage environments such as museums, landscapes, cities, and intangible networks of cultural circulation. In Heritage Dynamics, Kalliopi Fouseki develops a new theoretical and methodological framework that will enable heritage scholars and practitioners to unpack the ways and conditions under which heritage changes. Under the contexts of urban cities, residential buildings, museum collections, and subjects of intangible heritage especially concerning flamenco, this work re-orients the consideration of heritage as an object, process, or discourse, towards a more systemic thinking that captures the complexity of this historical-cultural force.
 
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How Nations Choose Product Standards and Standards Change Nations
Krislov S
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997

Nations use product standards, and manipulate them, for reasons othen than practical use or safety.  The Soviets once cultivated standards to isolate themselves.  In the United States, codes and standards are often used to favor home industries over external competition, and to favor some producers over others.  Krislov compares and contrasts the United States, the EC, the forner Eastern bloc, and Japan, to link standard choice with political styles and to trace growing internationalization based on product efficiency criteria.

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