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Bronzes to bullets : Vichy and the destruction of French public statuary, 1941-1944
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Bronzes to bullets : Vichy and the destruction of French public statuary, 1941-1944 / Kirrily Freeman.
ISBN
9780804758895 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804758891 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.
Physical Description
xv, 246 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-238) and index.
Contents
The economics of exploitation
"An important source of metal" : the context of Vichy's metal "mobilization"
"The union of art and industry" : Vichy's bronze "mobilization" campaign
The politics of patrimony
"The expression of us all, young and old" : public perceptions of the bronze mobilization campaign
"Pedestals dedicated to absence" : the symbolic impact of the bronze mobilization campaign
Conclusion : "The 'Saint-Bartholomew' of statues"? : the bronze mobilization campaign in French memory and historiography.
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