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Names: Gogarty, Larne Abse, author.
Title: Usable pasts : social practice and state formation in American art / by Larne Abse Gogarty.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; volume 239 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021048684 (print) | LCCN 2021048685 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004297142 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004471559 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Social practice (Art)–United States. | Art and society–United States–History–20th century.
Classification: LCC N7433.915 .G64 2022 (print) | LCC N7433.915 (ebook) | DDC 701/.03–dc23/eng/20211013
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