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Museums, Equality and Social Justice
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95The last two decades have seen concerns for equality, diversity, social justice and human rights move from the margins of museum thinking and practice, to the core. The arguments ? both moral and pragmatic ? for engaging diverse audiences, creating the conditions for more equitable access to museum resources, and opening up opportunities for participation,... more...
Museums, Society, Inequality
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 41.95Museums, Society, Inequality explores the wide-ranging social roles and responsibilities of the museum. It brings together international perspectives to stimulate critical debate, inform the work of practitioners and policy makers, and to advance recognition of the purpose, responsibilities and value to society of museums. Museums, Society,... more...
Museums, Prejudice and the Reframing of Difference
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 41.95How, if it all, do museums shape the ways in which society understands difference? In recent decades there has been growing international interest amongst practitioners, academics and policy makers in the role that museums might play in confronting prejudice and promoting human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Museums in many parts of the... more...
The Impostor's Daughter
Little, Brown and Company 2009; US$ 9.99Laurie Sandell grew up in awe (and sometimes in terror) of her larger-than-life father, who told jaw-dropping tales of a privileged childhood in Buenos Aires, academic triumphs, heroism during Vietnam, friendships with Kissinger and the Pope. As a young woman, Laurie unconsciously mirrors her dad, trying on several outsized personalities ( Tokyo ... more...
Truth and Consequences
Little, Brown and Company 2011; US$ 12.99In December 2008, the world watched as master financier Bernard L. Madoff was taken away from his posh Manhattan apartment in handcuffs, accused of swindling thousands of innocent victims-including friends and family-out of billions of dollars in the world's largest Ponzi scheme. Madoff went to jail; he will spend the rest of his life there. But what... more...
A Guided Inquiry Approach to High School Research
ABC-CLIO 2013; US$ 40.00When students are able to manage topics of high interest by choosing their own subject matter, they learn how to effectively perform pre-collegiate research through a process that they find fun and rewarding. Ideal for high school-level teachers and school librarians, this book provides a unique, holistic approach to guided inquiry that guides students... more...
Music and Performance in the Later Middle Ages
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00This book seeks to understand the music of the later Middle Ages in a fuller perspective, moving beyond the traditional focus on the creative work of composers in isolation to consider the participation of performers and listeners in music-making. more...
Museum Management and Marketing
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 51.95Drawing together a selection of high quality, intellectually robust and stimulating articles on both theoretical and practice-based developments in the field, this Reader investigates the closely linked areas of management and marketing in the museum. The articles, from established and world-renowned contributors, practitioners and writers at... more...
Access to History: Luther and the German Reformation 1517-55
Hodder Education 2008; US$ 19.95Revised and updated for the 2008 Edexcel and OCR AS specifications. more...
Access to History: Henry VIII to Mary I: Government and Religion, 1509-1558
Hodder Education 2008; US$ 17.95Revised and updated for the 2008 Edexcel, OCR and AQA AS specifications more...









