Across the globe, memorial and grave sites are being increasingly weaponized in conflicts and politicized by parties to advance agendas. Here, Carol S. Lilly examines ideas of death, politics, memory, ideology and nationalism in the former Yugoslav r...Lasīt vairāk
Across the globe, memorial and grave sites are being increasingly weaponized in conflicts and politicized by parties to advance agendas. Here, Carol S. Lilly examines ideas of death, politics, memory, ideology and nationalism in the former Yugoslav r...Lasīt vairāk
Richard Bradleys latest thought provoking re-examination of familiar monumental archaeology drawing on latest discussions of multi-temporality and the implications of new levels of analysis afforded by developments in archaeological sciences such as...Lasīt vairāk
Richard Bradleys latest thought provoking re-examination of familiar monumental archaeology drawing on latest discussions of multi-temporality and the implications of new levels of analysis afforded by developments in archaeological sciences such as...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Dec-2023, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: MIT Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780262377263)
A critical examination of the complex legacies of early Californian anthropology and linguistics for twenty-first-century communities.In January 2021, at a time when many institutions were reevaluating fraught histories, the University of California...Lasīt vairāk
From ancient dwellings to modern high-tech skyscrapers, discover everything there is to know about the history of architecture worldwide.Covering over 6,000 years of human history, Architecture charts the most important developments in building mater...Lasīt vairāk
The extraordinary mysteries of the pyramids - revealed From the development of monumental architecture around 3,000 BC to the fabulous edifices that rose up from the desert plains of Giza, these are amongst the most remarkable structures in world his...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Jan-2023, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526168108)
Monumental cares rethinks monument debates, site specificity and art activism in light of problems that strike us as monumental or overwhelming, such as war, migration and the climate crisis. The book shows how artists address these issues, from Chic...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Jan-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526168092)
Monumental cares rethinks monument debates, site specificity and art activism in light of problems that strike us as monumental or overwhelming, such as war, migration and the climate crisis. The book shows how artists address these issues, from Chic...Lasīt vairāk
The burial grounds, graveyards and cemeteries of Fife contain many fascinating historical tales, often with interesting superstitions attached. All walks of life are represented - from the burial place of ancient kings, queens and saints in Scotland...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 11-Oct-2022, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Verso Books, ISBN-13: 9781839761898)
The past is weaponised in culture wars and cynically edited by those who wish to impose their ideology upon the physical spaces around us. Holocaust deniers use details of the ruins of the gas chambers Auschwitz to promote their lies: No Holes; No...Lasīt vairāk
A landmark illustrated history of rural church monuments - the forgotten national treasures of England and WalesDeep in the countryside, away from metropolitan abbeys and cathedrals, thousands of funerary monuments are hidden in parish churches. Thes...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Sep-2022, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Utah Press,U.S., ISBN-13: 9781647690786)
Designated in 2016 by President Obama and reduced to 85 percent of its original size one year later by President Trump, Bears Ears National Monument continues to be a flash point of conflict among ranchers, miners, environmental groups, states right...Lasīt vairāk
A glorious illustrated history of sixteen of the worlds greatest cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories of the people who built them. An impeccable guide to the golden age of ecclesiastical architecture The Times Vivid, colourful a...Lasīt vairāk
David Robertson, Peter Wade-Martins, Susanna Wade-Martins
(Izdošanas datums: 06-Jan-2022, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750998246)
Norfolk has a wealth of important archaeological sites, historic buildings and landscapes. This guide is the first to use them to tell the countys rich history. Starting with real footprints of people who lived here nearly 1 million years ago, A H...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 04-Nov-2021, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Little, Brown Book Group, ISBN-13: 9781472146113)
This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who arent. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them.As Roger Lytollis travels Britain he encounters a man at Liverpool...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Sep-2021, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Quarto Publishing PLC, ISBN-13: 9780711266148)
From antiquity to the present day, this book offers a fascinating insight into the histories, movements and conflicts which have come to shape our world, viewed through the stories of the destruction of 21 statues. Confederate soldiers hacked to piec...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 16-Jul-2021, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750997638)
Cumbria is a land built from stone. Whether it is Hadrian's Wall, Kendal Castle or the beautiful fells of the Lake District for thousands of years people have found a certain elegance and utility in stone. Nestled amongst these common relics...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-May-2021, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: University Press of Mississippi, ISBN-13: 9781496833525)
In Tearing Down the Lost Cause: The Removal of New Orleanss Confederate Statues James Gill and Howard Hunter examine New Orleanss complicated relationship with the history of the Confederacy pre- and post-Civil War. The authors open and close their...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-May-2021, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University Press of Mississippi, ISBN-13: 9781496833549)
In Tearing Down the Lost Cause: The Removal of New Orleanss Confederate Statues James Gill and Howard Hunter examine New Orleanss complicated relationship with the history of the Confederacy pre- and post-Civil War. The authors open and close their...Lasīt vairāk
