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As well researched and illustrated as it is written, Conlin’s The Met offers a rich, incisive, original, and highly entertaining account of the evolution of America’s most famous museum. -- Andrew McClellan, author of <i>The Art Museum from Boullée to Bilbao</i> A tour de force of original research and critical insight, Jonathan Conlin’s The Met is a fascinating study, a must read for anyone interested in the multifaceted history of the United States’ premier art museum. -- Alan Wallach, author of <i>Exhibiting Contradiction: Essays on the Art Museum in the United States</i>

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Jonathan Conlin is professor of modern history at the University of Southampton. His books include Tales of Two Cities: Paris, London, and the Birth of the Modern City (2014) and Mr. Five Per Cent: The Many Lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the World’s Richest Man (2019).

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