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

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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Main Author: Greenhalgh, Michael (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Series:Heritage and identity (Series) ; v. 4.
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