{"product_id":"destruction-of-cultural-heritage-in-michael-greenhalgh-9789004289208","title":"Destruction of Cultural Heritage in 19th-Century France: Old Stones Versus Modern Identities","description":"\u003ci\u003eDestruction of Cultural Heritage in 19th Century France\u003c\/i\u003e examines the fate of the building stock and prominent ruins of France (especially Roman survivals) in the 19th century, supported by contemporary documentation and archives, largely provided through the publications of scholarly societies. The book describes the enormous extent of the destruction of monuments, providing an antidote to the triumphalism and concomitant amnesia which in modern scholarship routinely present the 19th century as one of concern for the past. It charts the modernising impulse over several centuries, detailing the archaeological discoveries made (and usually destroyed) as walls were pulled down and town interiors re-planned, plus the brutal impact on landscape and antiquities as railways were laid out. Heritage was largely scorned, and identity found in modernity, not the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Greenhalgh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004289208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004289208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2016","brand":"Michael Greenhalgh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49148330279167,"sku":"9789004289208","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/destruction-of-cultural-heritage-in-michael-greenhalgh-9789004289208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}