Cultures of Commemoration: War Memorials, Ancient and Modern

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Polly Low (Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Manchester) Graham Oliver (Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Culture, University of Liverpool)

Cultures of Commemoration

War Memorials, Ancient and Modern

Polly Low (Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Manchester), Graham Oliver (Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Culture, University of Liverpool), P.J. Rhodes (Honorary Professor of Ancient History, University of Durham; Fellow of the British Academy)

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English

Oxford University Press
08 May 2012

Classical history & classical civilisation; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; Memorials & rolls of honour

Series: Proceedings of the British Academy

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.

By: P.J. Rhodes (Honorary Professor of Ancient History University of Durham; Fellow of the British Academy)
Edited by: Polly Low (Lecturer in Ancient History University of Manchester), Graham Oliver (Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Culture, University of Liverpool)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 160
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 562g
ISBN: 9780197264669
ISBN 10: 0197264662
Series: Proceedings of the British Academy
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 08 May 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Leporello (folded)
Publisher's Status: Active

P. J. Rhodes: Preface Polly Low and Graham Oliver: Comparing Cultures of Commemoration in Ancient and Modern Societies Polly Low: The Monuments ot the War Dead in Classical Athens: Forms, Contexts, Meanings Alison Cooley: Commemorating the War Dead of the Roman World Angelos Chaniotis: The Ritualised Commemoration of War in the Hellenistic City: Memory, Identity, Emotion Avner Ben-Amos: Two Neo-Classical Monuments in Modern France: The Pantheon and Arc de Triomphe Graham Oliver: Naming the Dead, Writing the Individual: Classical Traditions and Commemorative Practices in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Stefan Goebel: Cultural Memory and the Great War: Medievalism and Classicism in British and German War Memorials Lawrence A. Tritle: Monument to Defeat: the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in American Culture and Society