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Destruction of cultural heritage in 19th-century France : old stones versus modern identities /

Destruction of Cultural Heritage in 19th Century France charts the destruction of earlier architecture as towns pull down their walls, build modern houses, welcome railways and, except for a few scholars, forget about the past. Heritage was largely scorned, and identity found in modernity, not in th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Greenhalgh, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Series:Heritage and identity (Series) ; v. 4.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Heritage and identity in 19th century France
  • The early architecture of France
  • The defence of France
  • Technology and change : improved communications
  • Vandalism, ignorance, scholarship, museums
  • The organisation of scholarship and museums
  • Modernity and its architectural consequences
  • The Ile de France and Champagne
  • Normandy, the North, Burgundy and points East
  • Centre and West
  • Centuries of destruction : Narbonne and Nimes
  • Provence and the South : monumental losses
  • Conclusion: Heritage? What heritage? : the transformation of townscape and landscape
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography: Sources
  • Bibliography: Modern scholars.