The Origins of the Arts Council Movement: Philanthropy and Policy

by Anna Rosser Upchurch

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137461624
• ISBN13: 9781137461629
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 6.3"