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Monument builders
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Structures built in response to war and death pose unique architectural challenges-challenges that transcend the physical to encompass symbolism, beliefs, and culture. "Monument Builders" highlights this rarely discussed yet fascinating building type, exploring the links between different perceptions of death and their expression in architecture over the course of the(...)
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Structures built in response to war and death pose unique architectural challenges-challenges that transcend the physical to encompass symbolism, beliefs, and culture. "Monument Builders" highlights this rarely discussed yet fascinating building type, exploring the links between different perceptions of death and their expression in architecture over the course of the(...)
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Monument builders
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Structures built in response to war and death pose unique architectural challenges-challenges that transcend the physical to encompass symbolism, beliefs, and culture. "Monument Builders" highlights this rarely discussed yet fascinating building type, exploring the links between different perceptions of death and their expression in architecture over the course of the twentieth century. Sensitive but never somber, it features the work of an impressive international roster of architects as it moves from neo-classisist and modernist treatments of death to war and holocaust memorials.
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Structures built in response to war and death pose unique architectural challenges-challenges that transcend the physical to encompass symbolism, beliefs, and culture. "Monument Builders" highlights this rarely discussed yet fascinating building type, exploring the links between different perceptions of death and their expression in architecture over the course of the twentieth century. Sensitive but never somber, it features the work of an impressive international roster of architects as it moves from neo-classisist and modernist treatments of death to war and holocaust memorials.
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March 1999, New York
March 1999, New York
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sale books
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143,342 digital files (517.39 GB), 24.24 linear meters of textual records, 17,086 photographic materials, 1125 drawings, 195 ephemera, 59 périodiques, 50 audio cassettes,...
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143,342 digital files (517.39 GB), 24.24 linear meters of textual records, 17,086 photographic materials, 1125 drawings, 195 ephemera, 59 périodiques, 50 audio cassettes,...
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- Architecture France.,
- Architecture Soviet Union.,
- Architecture United States.,
- Architecture Morocco.,
- Architecture, French colonial.,
- Architectural historians.,
- Architecture Europe History 20th century.,
- Architecture, Modern 20th century.,
- Architecture URSS.,
- Architecture États-Unis.,
- Architecture Maroc.,
- Historiens de l'architecture.,
- Architecture 20e siècle.,
- architectural historians.,
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Jean-Louis Cohen fonds, 1968-2023
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143,342 digital files (517.39 GB), 24.24 linear meters of textual records, 17,086 photographic materials, 1125 drawings, 195 ephemera, 59 périodiques, 50 audio cassettes,...
Jean-Louis Cohen fonds, 1968-2023
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143,342 digital files (517.39 GB), 24.24 linear meters of textual records, 17,086 photographic materials, 1125 drawings, 195 ephemera, 59 périodiques, 50 audio cassettes,...
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archives
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- Architecture France.,
- Architecture Soviet Union.,
- Architecture United States.,
- Architecture Morocco.,
- Architecture, French colonial.,
- Architectural historians.,
- Architecture Europe History 20th century.,
- Architecture, Modern 20th century.,
- Architecture URSS.,
- Architecture États-Unis.,
- Architecture Maroc.,
- Historiens de l'architecture.,
- Architecture 20e siècle.,
- architectural historians.,
- fonds (collections)
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Duchamp's last day
Duchamp's last day
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Published on the 50th anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's death, "Duchamp's Last Day" offers a radical reading of the artist's final hours. Just moments after Duchamp died, his closest friend, Man Ray, took a photograph of him. His face is wan; his eyes are closed; he appears calm. Taking this image as a point of departure, Donald Shambroom examines its context the dinner(...)
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Published on the 50th anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's death, "Duchamp's Last Day" offers a radical reading of the artist's final hours. Just moments after Duchamp died, his closest friend, Man Ray, took a photograph of him. His face is wan; his eyes are closed; he appears calm. Taking this image as a point of departure, Donald Shambroom examines its context the dinner(...)
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Duchamp's last day
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Published on the 50th anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's death, "Duchamp's Last Day" offers a radical reading of the artist's final hours. Just moments after Duchamp died, his closest friend, Man Ray, took a photograph of him. His face is wan; his eyes are closed; he appears calm. Taking this image as a point of departure, Donald Shambroom examines its context the dinner with Man Ray and another friend, Robert Lebel, the night Duchamp died, the conversations about his own death at that dinner and elsewhere and the larger question of whether Duchamp's death can be read as an extension of his work.
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Published on the 50th anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's death, "Duchamp's Last Day" offers a radical reading of the artist's final hours. Just moments after Duchamp died, his closest friend, Man Ray, took a photograph of him. His face is wan; his eyes are closed; he appears calm. Taking this image as a point of departure, Donald Shambroom examines its context the dinner with Man Ray and another friend, Robert Lebel, the night Duchamp died, the conversations about his own death at that dinner and elsewhere and the larger question of whether Duchamp's death can be read as an extension of his work.
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books
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November 2018
November 2018
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Art Theory
Art Theory
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Building home : Howard F. Ahmanson and the politics of the American dream / Eric John Abrahamson.
Building home : Howard F. Ahmanson and the politics of the American dream / Eric John Abrahamson.
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x, 357 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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x, 357 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- Ahmanson, Howard F.,
- Mortgage loans California Los Angeles History 20th century.,
- Savings and loan associations Los Angeles History 20th century.,
- American Dream History 20th century.,
- Prêts hypothécaires Californie Los Angeles Histoire 20e siècle.,
- Rêve américain Histoire 20e siècle.,
- HISTORY United States State & Local West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY),
- American Dream.,
- Mortgage loans.,
- Savings and loan associations.,
- Bauwirtschaft,
- California Los Angeles.,
- USA.,
- Biographies.,
- History.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2013.
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2013.
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Building home : Howard F. Ahmanson and the politics of the American dream / Eric John Abrahamson.
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x, 357 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Building home : Howard F. Ahmanson and the politics of the American dream / Eric John Abrahamson.
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x, 357 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2013.
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2013.
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- Ahmanson, Howard F.,
- Mortgage loans California Los Angeles History 20th century.,
- Savings and loan associations Los Angeles History 20th century.,
- American Dream History 20th century.,
- Prêts hypothécaires Californie Los Angeles Histoire 20e siècle.,
- Rêve américain Histoire 20e siècle.,
- HISTORY United States State & Local West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY),
- American Dream.,
- Mortgage loans.,
- Savings and loan associations.,
- Bauwirtschaft,
- California Los Angeles.,
- USA.,
- Biographies.,
- History.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Multispecies Worldbuilding Lab, 2021.
[Place of publication not identified] : Multispecies Worldbuilding Lab, 2021.
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audio
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[Place of publication not identified] : Multispecies Worldbuilding Lab, 2021.
[Place of publication not identified] : Multispecies Worldbuilding Lab, 2021.
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3 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Library main 227832 | HM636 .F7 1989 | v. 1 | pbk. | Available
- Library main 227833 | HM636 .F7 1989 | v. 2 | pbk. | Available
- Library main 227834 | HM636 .F7 1989 | v. 3 | pbk. | Available
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3 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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- Human body Religious aspects.,
- Human body (Philosophy),
- Human body.,
- Art.,
- Culture.,
- History.,
- Philosophy.,
- Religion.,
- Sex (Biology),
- Sex,
- Corps humain Aspect religieux.,
- Corps humain (Philosophie),
- Corps humain.,
- Histoire.,
- Philosophie.,
- Sexualité (Biologie),
- culture note.,
- history (discipline),
- philosophy.,
- religion (discipline),
- Körper,
- Kulturanthropologie,
- Menselijk lichaam.,
- Seksualiteit.,
- Arte.,
- Man Body Sociological perspectives.
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New York, N.Y. : Zone ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by the MIT Press, ©1989.
New York, N.Y. : Zone ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by the MIT Press, ©1989.
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Fragments for a history of the human body / edited by Michel Feher with Ramona Naddaff and Nadia Tazi.
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3 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Fragments for a history of the human body / edited by Michel Feher with Ramona Naddaff and Nadia Tazi.
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- Library main 227832 | HM636 .F7 1989 | v. 1 | pbk. | Available
- Library main 227833 | HM636 .F7 1989 | v. 2 | pbk. | Available
- Library main 227834 | HM636 .F7 1989 | v. 3 | pbk. | Available
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3 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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New York, N.Y. : Zone ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by the MIT Press, ©1989.
New York, N.Y. : Zone ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by the MIT Press, ©1989.
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- Human body Religious aspects.,
- Human body (Philosophy),
- Human body.,
- Art.,
- Culture.,
- History.,
- Philosophy.,
- Religion.,
- Sex (Biology),
- Sex,
- Corps humain Aspect religieux.,
- Corps humain (Philosophie),
- Corps humain.,
- Histoire.,
- Philosophie.,
- Sexualité (Biologie),
- culture note.,
- history (discipline),
- philosophy.,
- religion (discipline),
- Körper,
- Kulturanthropologie,
- Menselijk lichaam.,
- Seksualiteit.,
- Arte.,
- Man Body Sociological perspectives.
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xli, 728 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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xli, 728 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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- Joseph Connors -- Péter Farbaky and Louis A. Waldman -- Ernő Marosi -- Lázló Szörényi -- Gyöngyi Török -- Péter Farbaky -- Klára Pajorin -- Valery Rees -- Ágnes Ritoók-Szalay -- Sándor Bene -- László Jankovits -- Angela Dillon Bussi -- Jonathan J.G. Alexander -- Mária Prokopp -- Zsuzsanna Wierdl -- Péter Farbaky -- Gargely Buzás -- Árpád Mikó -- Louis A. Waldman -- Francesco Caglioti -- Dániel Pócs -- Alfredo Bellandi -- Johannes Röll ; -- Jagiellonian epilogue : three Tuscan painters in the Buda of Louis II / Louis A. Waldman.,
- Farbaky, Péter,,
- Waldman, Louis Alexander.
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- Matthias I, King of Hungary, 1443-1490 Art patronage Congresses.,
- Matthias I, King of Hungary, 1443-1490.,
- Art, Renaissance Hungary Congresses.,
- Humanism Hungary Congresses.,
- Art de la Renaissance Hongrie Congrès.,
- Humanisme Hongrie Congrès.,
- Arte Ungheria Sec. 15.-16. Congressi 2007.,
- Umanesimo Ungheria Congressi 2007.,
- Congressi Firenze 2007.,
- Art patronage.,
- Art, Renaissance.,
- Humanism.,
- Intellectual life.,
- International relations.,
- Kunst,
- Rezeption,
- Humanism (renässansen) Ungern konferenser.,
- Konst historia Ungern renässansen konferenser.,
- Hungary Relations Italy Congresses.,
- Italy Relations Hungary Congresses.,
- Hungary Intellectual life 15th century Congresses.,
- Hongrie Vie intellectuelle 15e siècle Congrès.,
- Hungary.,
- Italy.,
- Italien,
- Ungarn,
- Ungern kulturella förbindelser historia Italien renässansen konferenser.,
- Italien kulturella förbindelser historia Ungern renässansen konferenser.,
- Kongress Florenz 2007.,
- Conference papers and proceedings.,
- Actes de congrès.
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[Florence, Italy] : Villa I Tatti, [2011]
[Florence, Italy] : Villa I Tatti, [2011]
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Italy & Hungary : humanism and art in the Early Renaissance / edited by Péter Farbaky and Louis A. Waldman.
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xli, 728 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Italy & Hungary : humanism and art in the Early Renaissance / edited by Péter Farbaky and Louis A. Waldman.
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[Florence, Italy] : Villa I Tatti, [2011]
[Florence, Italy] : Villa I Tatti, [2011]
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- Joseph Connors -- Péter Farbaky and Louis A. Waldman -- Ernő Marosi -- Lázló Szörényi -- Gyöngyi Török -- Péter Farbaky -- Klára Pajorin -- Valery Rees -- Ágnes Ritoók-Szalay -- Sándor Bene -- László Jankovits -- Angela Dillon Bussi -- Jonathan J.G. Alexander -- Mária Prokopp -- Zsuzsanna Wierdl -- Péter Farbaky -- Gargely Buzás -- Árpád Mikó -- Louis A. Waldman -- Francesco Caglioti -- Dániel Pócs -- Alfredo Bellandi -- Johannes Röll ; -- Jagiellonian epilogue : three Tuscan painters in the Buda of Louis II / Louis A. Waldman.,
- Farbaky, Péter,,
- Waldman, Louis Alexander.
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- Matthias I, King of Hungary, 1443-1490 Art patronage Congresses.,
- Matthias I, King of Hungary, 1443-1490.,
- Art, Renaissance Hungary Congresses.,
- Humanism Hungary Congresses.,
- Art de la Renaissance Hongrie Congrès.,
- Humanisme Hongrie Congrès.,
- Arte Ungheria Sec. 15.-16. Congressi 2007.,
- Umanesimo Ungheria Congressi 2007.,
- Congressi Firenze 2007.,
- Art patronage.,
- Art, Renaissance.,
- Humanism.,
- Intellectual life.,
- International relations.,
- Kunst,
- Rezeption,
- Humanism (renässansen) Ungern konferenser.,
- Konst historia Ungern renässansen konferenser.,
- Hungary Relations Italy Congresses.,
- Italy Relations Hungary Congresses.,
- Hungary Intellectual life 15th century Congresses.,
- Hongrie Vie intellectuelle 15e siècle Congrès.,
- Hungary.,
- Italy.,
- Italien,
- Ungarn,
- Ungern kulturella förbindelser historia Italien renässansen konferenser.,
- Italien kulturella förbindelser historia Ungern renässansen konferenser.,
- Kongress Florenz 2007.,
- Conference papers and proceedings.,
- Actes de congrès.
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Jane Jacobs’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities was instantly recognized as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1961. In the decades that followed, Jacobs remained a brilliant and revered commentator on architecture, urban life, and economics until her death in 2006. These interviews capture Jacobs at her very best and are an essential reminder of why Jacobs(...)
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Jane Jacobs’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities was instantly recognized as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1961. In the decades that followed, Jacobs remained a brilliant and revered commentator on architecture, urban life, and economics until her death in 2006. These interviews capture Jacobs at her very best and are an essential reminder of why Jacobs(...)
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Jane Jacobs: the last interview, and other conversations
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Jane Jacobs’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities was instantly recognized as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1961. In the decades that followed, Jacobs remained a brilliant and revered commentator on architecture, urban life, and economics until her death in 2006. These interviews capture Jacobs at her very best and are an essential reminder of why Jacobs was—and remains—unrivaled in her analyses and her ability to cut through cant and received wisdom.
Jane Jacobs: the last interview, and other conversations
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Jane Jacobs’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities was instantly recognized as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1961. In the decades that followed, Jacobs remained a brilliant and revered commentator on architecture, urban life, and economics until her death in 2006. These interviews capture Jacobs at her very best and are an essential reminder of why Jacobs was—and remains—unrivaled in her analyses and her ability to cut through cant and received wisdom.
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April 2016
April 2016
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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415 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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415 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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- Dwellings 20th century.,
- Architect-designed houses 20th century.,
- Architecture, Modern 20th century.,
- Dwellings.,
- Architect-designed houses.,
- Habitations.,
- Maisons conçues par des architectes.,
- Architecture 20e siècle.,
- Habitations 20e siècle.,
- Maisons conçues par des architectes 20e siècle.,
- dwellings.,
- Architecture, Domestic.,
- Architecture, Modern Designs and plans. 20th century.,
- Architecture, Modern Designs and plans. 21st century.,
- Architecture, Modern,
- Haus,
- Architektur
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Köln ; Los Angeles : Taschen, ©2009.
Köln ; Los Angeles : Taschen, ©2009.
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Architecture now! Houses = Architektur heute! Häuser = L'architecture d'aujourd'hui! Maisons / Philip Jodidio ; [German translation: Kristina Brigitta Köper, French translation: Jacques Bosser].
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415 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Architecture now! Houses = Architektur heute! Häuser = L'architecture d'aujourd'hui! Maisons / Philip Jodidio ; [German translation: Kristina Brigitta Köper, French translation: Jacques Bosser].
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Köln ; Los Angeles : Taschen, ©2009.
Köln ; Los Angeles : Taschen, ©2009.
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- Dwellings 20th century.,
- Architect-designed houses 20th century.,
- Architecture, Modern 20th century.,
- Dwellings.,
- Architect-designed houses.,
- Habitations.,
- Maisons conçues par des architectes.,
- Architecture 20e siècle.,
- Habitations 20e siècle.,
- Maisons conçues par des architectes 20e siècle.,
- dwellings.,
- Architecture, Domestic.,
- Architecture, Modern Designs and plans. 20th century.,
- Architecture, Modern Designs and plans. 21st century.,
- Architecture, Modern,
- Haus,
- Architektur
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This book is an historical investigation of mourning sites and practices within the context of the province of British Columbia. The authors are concerned, primarily, with the rise of the roadside death memorial in the late twentieth century. They argue that RDMs are not a marginal, quirky phenomenon but part of a longer and complex story about the meaning of both death(...)
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This book is an historical investigation of mourning sites and practices within the context of the province of British Columbia. The authors are concerned, primarily, with the rise of the roadside death memorial in the late twentieth century. They argue that RDMs are not a marginal, quirky phenomenon but part of a longer and complex story about the meaning of both death(...)
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Private grief, public mourning: the rise of the roadside shrine in British Columbia
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This book is an historical investigation of mourning sites and practices within the context of the province of British Columbia. The authors are concerned, primarily, with the rise of the roadside death memorial in the late twentieth century. They argue that RDMs are not a marginal, quirky phenomenon but part of a longer and complex story about the meaning of both death and grieving, one more thread in a long tapestry of public exhibitions of grief that serve to announce to the watching world who we are.
Private grief, public mourning: the rise of the roadside shrine in British Columbia
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This book is an historical investigation of mourning sites and practices within the context of the province of British Columbia. The authors are concerned, primarily, with the rise of the roadside death memorial in the late twentieth century. They argue that RDMs are not a marginal, quirky phenomenon but part of a longer and complex story about the meaning of both death and grieving, one more thread in a long tapestry of public exhibitions of grief that serve to announce to the watching world who we are.
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April 2009
April 2009
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Food
Food
