The Destruction of Memory[electronic...
Bevan, Robert.

 

  • The Destruction of Memory[electronic resource] :Architecture at War /
  • Record Type: Electronic resources : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 303.66
    Title/Author: The Destruction of Memory : Architecture at War // Robert Bevan.
    Author: Bevan, Robert.
    Published: [London] : : Reaktion Books Ltd.,, 2016.
    Description: 1 online resource (305 p.)
    Subject: Buildings - War damage.
    Subject: Pillage - Psychological aspects.
    Subject: War and society.
    Subject: Culture conflict.
    Subject: Historic buildings.
    Subject: Architecture and history.
    ISBN: 9781780236087
    [NT 15000227]: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    [NT 15000228]: The destruction of memory: architecture at war, second expanded edition -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- 1. Introduction: The Enemies of Architecture and Memory -- 2. Cultural Cleansing: Who Remembers the Armenians? -- 3. Terror: Morale, Messages and Propaganda -- 4. Conquest and Revolution -- 5. Fences and Neighbours: The Destructive Consequences of Partition -- 6. Remember and Warn I: Rebuilding and Commemoration -- 7. Remember and Warn II: Protection and Prosecution -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Photographic Acknowledgements -- Index.
    [NT 15000229]: Robert Bevan examines the effects of conflict upon architecture and argues that the deliberate destruction of built artefacts, by terrorists or an invading army, can be seen as an attack on the culture of a nation itself.
    Online resource: http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/REAKTIONB0000615.html
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