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A history of the world in 100 objects

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British Museum and BBC multi-platform project, begun January 2010, ongoing; http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/(consulted 29 July 2011).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2011

Elizabeth Lambourn
Affiliation:
DeMontfort University, UK E-mail: elambourn@dmu.ac.uk

Abstract

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Copyright © London School of Economics and Political Science 2011

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References

1 British Museum, Museum strategy to 2012, 2008, http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/Strategy%20to%202012%20web%20version.pdf (consulted 7 July 2011), p. 5.

2 BBC, ‘The BBC and British Museum announce A history of the world – a unique and unprecedented partnership focusing on world history for 2010’, 11 November 2009, http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/11_november/25/history.shtml (consulted July 7 2011).

3 MacGregor, Neil, A history of the world in 100 objects, London: Penguin Books, 2010, p. 385Google Scholar.

4 Ibid., p. 684.

5 British Museum, ‘A history of the world in 100 objects’, British Museum Review 2009/10, 2010, http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/annualreview0910.pdf (consulted 7 July 2011), p. 8.

6 British Museum, ‘British Museum celebrates success of public service partnership and looks to the future’, press release, 2010, http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/news_and_press_releases/press_releases/2010/annual_review.aspx (consulted 7 July 2011).

7 de Groot, Jerome, Consuming history: historians and heritage in contemporary popular culture, London and New York: Routledge, 2009.Google Scholar

8 British Museum, ‘British Museum celebrates’.

9 James Vernon, ‘The state they are in: history and public education in England’, Perspectives on History: the Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association, 49, 3, 2011, p. 21.

10 Ibid.

11 MacGregor, A history of the world, p. xiv.

12 Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past, ‘Report on IPUP’s “multi-platforming” conference: why discuss multi-platforming?’, 2010, http://www.york.ac.uk/ipup/projects/packaging/history/events/multiplatforming-report.pdf (consulted 7 July 2011).

13 British Museum, Museum strategy, p. 5.