Vestiges of the colonial empire in France : monuments, museums, and colonial memories / Robert Aldri...
Vestiges of the colonial empire in France : monuments, museums, and colonial memories / Robert Aldri...
Vestiges of the colonial empire in France : monuments, museums, and colonial memories / Robert Aldrich.
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N325.344/ 26
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Introduction : sites of colonial memory -- 1. The colonies in Paris -- 2. The colonies in the provinces -- 3. Colonial war memorials -- 4. Of men and monuments -- 5. The colonies in museums -- 6. The colonial legacy of non-western art in French museums -- 7. Temporary exhibitions : changing perspect...
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Publisher
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2004.
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"This study examines sites in Paris and the provinces from old statues of colonial worthies to a new memorial to soldiers killed in Algeria. It argues that monuments and museums, initially intended to mark the country with colonialist fervour, now testify to ambivalent French views of colonialism and show painful sometimes reluctant and often ambig...
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Vestiges of the colonial empire in France : monuments, museums, and colonial memories / Robert Aldrich.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N325.344/ 26
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74VKpxwW2GAM
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1403933707 (hbk.)
9781403933706
1403933707
9781403933706 (hbk.)
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325.344
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991019455039702626
