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CULTURES OF COMMEMORATION
WAR MEMORIALS, ANCIENT AND MODERN |
| By: |
P. J. Rhodes, Polly Low (Editor), Graham Oliver (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£65.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0197264662 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780197264669 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
10 May, 2012 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the British Academy 160 |
| Pages: |
214 |
| Description: |
This volume presents studies of military commemorative practices in Western culture, from 5th-century BC Greece, through two World Wars, to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This new comparative approach reveals that the distant past has had a lasting influence on commemorative practice in modern times. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume presents studies of military commemorative practices in Western culture, from 5th-century BC Greece, through two World Wars, to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This new comparative approach reveals that the distant past has had a lasting influence on commemorative practice in modern times. |
| Illustrations: |
26 black and white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |