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Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape
K. S. Inglis
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Description for Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, 206 pictures. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBTB; JFC; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 49. Weight in Grams: 804.
This revised and updated edition of Inglis' award-winning title features a new epilogue, new pictures and a new introduction by Jay Winter.War memorials, large and small, stand everywhere in the Australian landscape. They embody what Australians have wanted to say about the service and death of their compatriots in overseas wars, and express pride, grief, perceptions of God, empire and nation. The story of their making is composed of both harmony and conflict. Ken Inglis argues that they are the shrines of a civil religion. After the slaughter of World War I, Australians embarked on a remarkable program of war ... Read more
This revised and updated edition of Inglis' award-winning title features a new epilogue, new pictures and a new introduction by Jay Winter.War memorials, large and small, stand everywhere in the Australian landscape. They embody what Australians have wanted to say about the service and death of their compatriots in overseas wars, and express pride, grief, perceptions of God, empire and nation. The story of their making is composed of both harmony and conflict. Ken Inglis argues that they are the shrines of a civil religion. After the slaughter of World War I, Australians embarked on a remarkable program of war ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Melbourne University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522854794
SKU
V9780522854794
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99-3
About K. S. Inglis
Ken Inglis is one of Australia's most esteemed historians. He has been Professor of History at the Australian National University and the University of Papua New Guinea, and Vice-Chancellor of the latter. He was a general editor of Australians: A Historical Library (eleven volumes) and chairman of the editorial board of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (MUP), and continues to ... Read more
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