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The rise of heritage : preserving the past in France, Germany and England, 1789-1914 /
A richly illustrated book exploring the origins of the modern fascination for heritage, comparing preservation in France, Germany and England.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | New studies in European history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Halftitle; Seriespage; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Heritage and history; Words and things; The heritage-makers; Geographies of heritage; Part I National heritage movements; Chapter 1 In search of origins; Vandals and revolutionaries; Historical culture and the state; The pleasures of the past; Chapter 2 The heritage-makers; Sociability, erudition and activism; Ancient buildings and open spaces in England; French friends of monuments and landscape protectors.
- German days for monuments and leagues for the homelandPrivate societies and national movements; Part II International meeting-points; Chapter 3 Exhibition mania; Historic monument exhibitions; Entertainment and education; A case of failed transfer?; Personalities and politics; Much ado about nothing?; Chapter 4 'Peace and goodwill among nations'; A common heritage; 'A most unpleasant competition'; The First Official Congress; Continuation and elaboration; International conventions; Concert members; Congress legacies; Part III Transnational campaigns; Chapter 5 'A Morris Dance Round St Mark's'
- Bilateral collaborationsInternational competition about international collaboration; Chapter 6 'A yardstick for a people's cultural attainment'; 'A primrose by a river's brim'; Culture wars; The state and the public; The power of comparison; 'Official heritage'; Conclusion; Agents and networks; Concepts and articulations; Competition and collaboration; Common history, divided memory; Glossary of foreign terms; Glossary of foreign institutions; Bibliography; Index.