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What does it mean to turn the public library or museum into a civic forum? Made in Newark describes a turbulent industrial city at the dawn of the twentieth century and the ways it inspired the library's outspoken director, John Cotton Dana, to collaborate with industrialists, social workers, educators, and New Women.


This is the story of experimental exhibitions in the library and the founding of the Newark Museum Associationùa project in which cultural literacy was intertwined with civics and consumption. Local artisans demonstrated crafts, connecting the cultural institution to the department store, school, and factory, all of which invoked the ideal of municipal patriotism. Today, as cultural institutions reappraise their relevance, Made in Newark explores precedents for contemporary debates over the ways the library and museum engage communities, define heritage in a multicultural era, and add value to the economy.

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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Illustrations
  2. pp. ix-xii
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. pp. xiii-xviii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-30
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  1. Chapter One: The Engine of Culture
  2. pp. 31-66
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  1. Chapter Two: The Business of Culture
  2. pp. 67-100
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  1. Chapter Three: The Virtues of Industry
  2. pp. 101-138
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  1. Plates
  2. pp. 139-152
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  1. Chapter Four: Molding and Modeling Civic Consumption: Clay Industries of New Jersey, 1915
  2. pp. 153-188
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  1. Chapter Five: Weaving the New into the Old: Textile Industries of New Jersey, 1916
  2. pp. 189-220
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  1. Chapter Six: A Parade of Civic Virtue
  2. pp. 221-252
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  1. Conclusion: The Industrious Citizen
  2. pp. 253-264
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 265-296
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 297-302
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