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Photography and Cultural Heritage in the Age of Nationalisms: Europe's Eastern Borderlands (1867–1945) (Photography, History: History, Photography) by Elizabeth Edwards; Ewa Manikowska; Jennifer Tucker; Patricia Hayes is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The second half of the 19th century was a time of extensive political upheaval in central east Europe that saw the negotiation of conflicting territorial claims in the region by the Russian, Austrian and Prussian empires. The post-WW1 settlement gave rise to the formation of the independent nation states of Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Latvia and Belarus. Less well know is that this same period was also an era of keen photographic activity. During this time of empire-, state- and nation-building, cultural heritage was a potent vehicle and a provider of collective memory and identity.This innovative account analyses the relationship between politics, history, cultural heritage and photography in central east Europe between 1859 and 1945. To understand the work photographs ‘do’ in the construction of cultural heritage, the author analyses a wide range of little-known photographic archives created by contemporary professional and amateur photographers. Their work was extensively exploited in contemporary debates, appearing in albums, books, journals, exhibitions, museum exhibits, postcards and newspapers aimed at both scientific and popular and national and international publics. An ex
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- Author
- Elizabeth Edwards; Ewa Manikowska; Jennifer Tucker; Patricia Hayes
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Visual Arts, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781000213010
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, History, Photography
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