Made in Newark : cultivating industrial arts and civic identity in the progressive era
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Made in Newark : cultivating industrial arts and civic identity in the progressive era
Rivergate Books, c2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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What does it mean to turn the public library or museum into a civic forum? Made in Newark describes a turbulent industrial city at the dawn of the twentieth century and the ways it inspired the library's outspoken director, John Cotton Dana, to collaborate with industrialists, social workers, educators, and New Women.
This is the story of experimental exhibitions in the library and the founding of the Newark Museum Associationua project in which cultural literacy was intertwined with civics and consumption. Local artisans demonstrated crafts, connecting the cultural institution to the department store, school, and factory, all of which invoked the ideal of municipal patriotism. Today, as cultural institutions reappraise their relevance, Made in Newark explores precedents for contemporary debates over the ways the library and museum engage communities, define heritage in a multicultural era, and add value to the economy.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Cultivating the Industrial City
One: The Engine of Culture
Two: The Business of Culture
Three: The Virtues of Industry
Plates
Four: Molding and Modeling Civic Consumption: Clay Industries of New Jersey, 1915
Five: Weaving the New into the Old: Textile Industries of New Jersey, 1916
Six: A Parade of Civic Virtue
Conclusion: The Industrious Citizen
Notes
Index
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