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Matériel culture : the archaeology of twentieth-century conflict /

Should we keep the physical evidence of conflicts and wars? This collection challenges our perception of cultural heritage, with essays investigating among others Cambodia, the Berlin Wall and concentration camps.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: World Archaeological Congress
Other Authors: Schofield, A. J., Johnson, William Gray, 1957-, Beck, Colleen M.
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Series:One world archaeology ; 44.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Series editors' foreword; Preface; Introduction: materiel culture in the modern world; Paradox in places: twentieth-century battlefield sites in long-term perspective; The ironic 'culture of shells' in the Great War and beyond; The battlefield of the Dukla Pass: an archaeological perspective on the end of the Cold War in Europe; The Salpa Line: a monument of the future and the traces of war in the Finnish cultural landscape.