The Nation and Its Ruins: Antiquity, Archaeology, and National Imagination in Greece (Classical Presences) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Nation and Its Ruins An innovative, extensively illustrated study examining how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination, and how, in return, national imagination has created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the nineteenth century to the present.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 04 October 2009
- Format: Paperback 360 pages
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- Categories: Social & Cultural Anthropology | European History | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900 | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 | Archaeology | Classical Greek & Roman Archaeology
- ISBN 13: 9780199572908 ISBN 10: 0199572909
- Sales rank: 641,519
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Full description for The Nation and Its Ruins
This innovative, extensively illustrated study examines how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed significantly to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination. It also shows how, in return, national imagination has created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the nineteenth century to the present. Yannis Hamilakis covers a diverse range of topics, including the role of antiquities in the foundation of the Greek state in the nineteenth century, the Elgin marbles controversy, the role of archaeology under dictatorial regimes, the use of antiquities in the detention camps of the Greek civil war, and the discovery of the so-called tomb of Philip of Macedonia.
