Cultures of Commemoration by Polly Low

Cultures of Commemoration by Polly Low

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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.

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Cultures of Commemoration by Polly Low

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.
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ISBN 13 9780197264669
ISBN 10 0197264662
Title Cultures of Commemoration
Author Polly Low
Series Proceedings Of The British Academy
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2012-05-10
Number of pages 214
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