On Jan 23, 1996 17:26:27, '"B. Chakrabarti" <[log in to unmask]>' wrote:

>I am looking for information on GREAT EXHIBITION IN LONDON which took
>place in 1851.
>Could anyone help me with references.
>
>With thanks in advance
>
>Bhaskar Chakrabarti                        E-Mail:[log in to unmask]
>M.Phil. Student                            Phone No.:0044 1223 337733
>Department of Social Anthropology
>University of Cambridge

Try looking through Tony Bennett's _The Birth of the Museum: history,
theory, politics_, London, 1995.  There you will undoubtedly find a full
bibliography and an interesting, if peculiar, analysis.  The author broadly
subscribes to what looks like the outlines of a developed conspiracy
theory, with western civilized man as the protagonist.


Robert A. Baron
Museum Computer Consultant
P.O. Box 93, Larchmont N.Y. 10538
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