Cultures of Commemoration

Cultures of Commemoration War Memorials, Ancient and Modern - Proceedings of the British Academy

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Publisher's 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780197264669
Publisher: OUP OXFORD
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 355.1609
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 199
Weight: 458g
Height: 243mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 18mm