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Cultures of Commemoration War Memorials, Ancient and Modern

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Auteur:	Oliver, Graham
Redactie:	Oliver, Graham (Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Culture, University of Liverpool)
Redacteur:	Low, Polly
Titel:	Cultures of Commemoration War Memorials, Ancient and Modern
Uitgever:	Oxford University Press
ISBN:	9780197264669
Serie:	Proceedings of the British Academy
Land van oorsprong:	United Kingdom
Prijs:	€ 96.85
Verschijningsdatum:	10-05-2012
Bericht:	Leverbaar

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Categorie:	Social & cultural history
Geillustreerd:	26 black and white illustrations

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Hardback
Paginas:	214
Hoogte mm.:	243
Breedte mm.:	165
Dikte mm.:	18
Gewicht gr.:	458

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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.