Cultures of Commemoration: War Memorials, Ancient and Modern

By Polly Low

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197264662
• ISBN13: 9780197264669
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"