%0 Book %E Preziosi, Donald, 1941- %E Farago, Claire J. %I Ashgate Pub. %D 2004 %C Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT %G English %@ 0754608298 %@ 9780754608295 %@ 0754608352 %@ 9780754608356 %T Grasping the world : the idea of the museum %X The 41 essays in 'Grasping the world' deal with historical material spanning over half a millennium, from the medieval and early modern periods to the beginning of the twenty-first century. All texts included have theoretical and historiographical import. The anthology is organized thematically rather than chronologically and includes cross-indexes.