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Intro
Preface
Introduction
Classical Roots of Ethnographic Museums
The National and University Ethnographic Museum as a Reflection of European Dynasties
Inherited Dynasties of Princely and Scholastic Museum Enterprise Bridging Empires and Nations
Introducing the Pontifical Missionary and Ethnological Museum to the History of Ethnographic Museums
References
Contents
About the Author
1 The Ethnographic Exhibit as a Showcase of Liberal Humanism in Nineteenth-Century Europe
1.1 Liberal Humanism
1.2 International Exhibitions and World Fairs
1.3 The Great Exhibition of 1851
1.4 Musée Du Palais Trocadéro in Paris
1.5 Kunsthistorisches and Welt Museum in Vienna
1.6 Berlin's Industrial Exhibition of 1896
1.7 The Unification of Italy and the Captivus Vaticani
References
2 The Making of the Vatican's 'Modern' Museum Dynasty: The Ethnology of Fr. Wilhelm Schmidt SVD
2.1 Primeval Monotheism
2.2 Schmidt and Kulturkreise
2.3 Schmidt's Initiatives
References
3 Old and New Dynastic Orders: German Anthropology in the Era of Bismarck
3.1 The Structure and Culture of German Anthropology
3.2 German Physical Anthropology 1860-1910
3.3 The Failure of Virchow's Craniology and Rise of Neo-Darwinism
3.4 Comparisons of the GAS and Schmidt's Vatican Ethnology
References
4 Dynastic Networks: The Collision of Christianity and Colonialism in New Guinea
4.1 The SVD and Its Founder, St. Arnold Janssen
4.2 The SVD in New Guinea
4.3 Colonial and Missionary Interests
4.4 Plantations
4.5 Schools
4.6 Railways, Ships and Agriculture
4.7 World War I and the Inter-War Years
References
5 Fr. Franz Kirschbaum's Contribution to Collecting in New Guinea
5.1 Kirschbaum, the Collector
5.2 Kirschbaum in New Guinea: Missionary and Explorer
5.3 Kirschbaum and the US Agricultural Exhibition to New Guinea
5.4 A Retrospective Account of the SVD in New Guinea
5.5 Kirschbaum's Final Journey
References
6 Material Culture Crossing Empires: Notes, Queries and Letters
6.1 Instructions and Ethological Observations
6.2 Guidelines for Collecting Material Culture for the PME
6.3 Kirschbaum's Response
6.4 Preparations for the MEML
6.5 Letters Concerning the Kirschbaum Collection
7 The Pontifical Missionary Exhibition (1925): The Last Great Nineteenth-Century Exhibition
7.1 Official Accounts of the PME
7.2 Centralisation of the Missions
7.3 The Scientific Agenda
7.4 Structure of the PME
7.5 The Collections
7.6 The Ideology of the Displays
7.7 Beyond the PME
References
8 Empires End and Ominous Beginnings: The Missionary and Ethnological Museum (1927) and the Lateran Treaty (1929)
Preface
Introduction
Classical Roots of Ethnographic Museums
The National and University Ethnographic Museum as a Reflection of European Dynasties
Inherited Dynasties of Princely and Scholastic Museum Enterprise Bridging Empires and Nations
Introducing the Pontifical Missionary and Ethnological Museum to the History of Ethnographic Museums
References
Contents
About the Author
1 The Ethnographic Exhibit as a Showcase of Liberal Humanism in Nineteenth-Century Europe
1.1 Liberal Humanism
1.2 International Exhibitions and World Fairs
1.3 The Great Exhibition of 1851
1.4 Musée Du Palais Trocadéro in Paris
1.5 Kunsthistorisches and Welt Museum in Vienna
1.6 Berlin's Industrial Exhibition of 1896
1.7 The Unification of Italy and the Captivus Vaticani
References
2 The Making of the Vatican's 'Modern' Museum Dynasty: The Ethnology of Fr. Wilhelm Schmidt SVD
2.1 Primeval Monotheism
2.2 Schmidt and Kulturkreise
2.3 Schmidt's Initiatives
References
3 Old and New Dynastic Orders: German Anthropology in the Era of Bismarck
3.1 The Structure and Culture of German Anthropology
3.2 German Physical Anthropology 1860-1910
3.3 The Failure of Virchow's Craniology and Rise of Neo-Darwinism
3.4 Comparisons of the GAS and Schmidt's Vatican Ethnology
References
4 Dynastic Networks: The Collision of Christianity and Colonialism in New Guinea
4.1 The SVD and Its Founder, St. Arnold Janssen
4.2 The SVD in New Guinea
4.3 Colonial and Missionary Interests
4.4 Plantations
4.5 Schools
4.6 Railways, Ships and Agriculture
4.7 World War I and the Inter-War Years
References
5 Fr. Franz Kirschbaum's Contribution to Collecting in New Guinea
5.1 Kirschbaum, the Collector
5.2 Kirschbaum in New Guinea: Missionary and Explorer
5.3 Kirschbaum and the US Agricultural Exhibition to New Guinea
5.4 A Retrospective Account of the SVD in New Guinea
5.5 Kirschbaum's Final Journey
References
6 Material Culture Crossing Empires: Notes, Queries and Letters
6.1 Instructions and Ethological Observations
6.2 Guidelines for Collecting Material Culture for the PME
6.3 Kirschbaum's Response
6.4 Preparations for the MEML
6.5 Letters Concerning the Kirschbaum Collection
7 The Pontifical Missionary Exhibition (1925): The Last Great Nineteenth-Century Exhibition
7.1 Official Accounts of the PME
7.2 Centralisation of the Missions
7.3 The Scientific Agenda
7.4 Structure of the PME
7.5 The Collections
7.6 The Ideology of the Displays
7.7 Beyond the PME
References
8 Empires End and Ominous Beginnings: The Missionary and Ethnological Museum (1927) and the Lateran Treaty (1929)