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The Origins of the Arts Council Movement: Philanthropy and Policy
Anna Rosser Upchurch
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Hardback. Series: New Directions in Cultural Policy Research. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABQ; JFC; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
This important new book offers an intellectual history of the `arts council' policy model, identifying and exploring the ideas embedded in the model and actions of intellectuals, philanthropists and wealthy aesthetes in its establishment in the mid-twentieth century. The book examines the history of arts advocacy for national arts policies in the UK, Canada and the USA, offering an interdisciplinary approach that combines social and intellectual history, political philosophy and literary analysis. The book has much to offer academics, cultural policy and management students, artists, arts managers, arts advocates, cultural policymakers and anyone interested in the history and current moment ... Read more
This important new book offers an intellectual history of the `arts council' policy model, identifying and exploring the ideas embedded in the model and actions of intellectuals, philanthropists and wealthy aesthetes in its establishment in the mid-twentieth century. The book examines the history of arts advocacy for national arts policies in the UK, Canada and the USA, offering an interdisciplinary approach that combines social and intellectual history, political philosophy and literary analysis. The book has much to offer academics, cultural policy and management students, artists, arts managers, arts advocates, cultural policymakers and anyone interested in the history and current moment ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
New Directions in Cultural Policy Research
Condition
New
Weight
428g
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137461629
SKU
V9781137461629
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About Anna Rosser Upchurch
Anna Rosser Upchurch is Lecturer in Cultural Policy at the University of Leeds, UK. After a career in arts management and policy in the United States working for a range of publicly and privately funded organisations, she earned a PhD in cultural policy studies at the University of Warwick, UK. She is co-editor of Humanities in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond ... Read more
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