Book ID: CBB001035575

The Temple and the Forum: The American Museum and Cultural Authority in Hawthorne, Melville, Stowe, and Whitman (2007)

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Harrison, Henry Leslie (Author)


University of Alabama Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xxv + 272 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Authors & Contributors
Madsen-Brooks, Leslie
Farmer, Meredith
Lesser, Thomas A.
Davey, Colin
Roosevelt, Kermit, III
Marr, Timothy
Concepts
Science and literature
Natural history
Museums
Societies; institutions; academies
Electricity; magnetism
Literary analysis
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Philadelphia, PA
Washington, D. C. (U.S.)
Pacific Ocean
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Institutions
American Museum of Natural History
Hunterian Museum (London)
University of California, Berkeley
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
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