Designs of destruction : the making of monuments in the twentieth century / Lucia Allais.
By: Allais, Lucia [author.].
Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, ©2018Description: 347 p: illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226286556 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): World Heritage Committee | Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- International cooperation -- History -- 20th century | Monuments -- Conservation and restoration -- International cooperation -- History -- 20th century | Cultural property -- Protection -- International cooperation -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | NA111.5 .A45 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000015489 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : monument survival -- "Wardens of civilization" : conservation and diplomacy at the 1931 Athens Conference -- "Battles designed to preserve" : the allies' lists of monuments in World War II -- Unwitting city planning : maps of monuments and the American bombing of Europe, 1943-1945 -- Bridge : let's visit UNESCO House -- "Stones also die" : UNESCO and the decolonization of museums, 1960-1975 -- Integrities : the salvage of Abu Simbel, 1960-1980 -- Coda : viscosities.