Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: The Impossible Museum 1
6. Chapter One. Exchanging Values in the Nineteenth- Century Museum Marketplace 22
7. Chapter Two. Learning to See: Vision, Visuality, and Material Culture, 1862–1929 48
8. Chapter Three. Offering Orientalism: Women and the Gift Economy of the Museum, 1880–1940 71
9. Chapter Four. Libraries and Museums: Shifting Relationships, 1830–1940 105
10. Chapter Five. Gendered Professionals: Debating the Ideal Museum Worker during the 1930s and 1940s 129
11. Conclusion 153
12. Notes 159
13. Bibliography 201
14. Index 215