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- Makes an important contribution to cultural policy research by offering new insights into an under-documented history
- Introduces a significant emphasis on the fundamentally gendered nature of the development of the arts council movement, by including a range of previously unheralded female actors into the narrative
- Highlights the manner in which powerful groups of cultural elites influenced public policy on arts and culture in a manner that remains embedded in cultural policy and arts funding patterns today
Part of the book series: New Directions in Cultural Policy Research (NDCPR)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Anna Rosser Upchurch
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Origins of the Arts Council Movement
Book Subtitle: Philanthropy and Policy
Authors: Anna Rosser Upchurch
Series Title: New Directions in Cultural Policy Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46163-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-46162-9Published: 28 November 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-46163-6Published: 17 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2730-924X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9258
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 214
Topics: Arts, Cultural Policy and Politics, Cultural History, British Culture, American Culture