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Defending national treasures : French art and heritage under Vichy

Title: Defending national treasures : French art and heritage under Vichy / Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt.
Author: Karlsgodt, Elizabeth Campbell.
Publication: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.

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Description

xv, 382 p. : ill. (some col.), map; 24 cm.

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945 > Confiscations and contributions > France
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Destruction and pillage > France
Art and state > France > History > 20th century
Art museums > France > History > 20th century
Art treasures in war > France > History > 20th century
Cultural property > Protection > France > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Cultural affairs under Vichy -- Defending French style and beauty -- Exodus -- Museums fit for France -- Saving historic sites -- Archeology and the national revolution -- Recycling French heroes : the destruction of bronze statues -- Endangered local patrimony : bronze statues in Paris, Chambéry, and Nantes -- Jewish art collections -- Art as a negotiating tool -- The Vichy legacy.

Call Number

JQE 12-207

ISBN

9780804770187 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804770182 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2010039800

OCLC

664842341

Author

Karlsgodt, Elizabeth Campbell.

Title

Defending national treasures : French art and heritage under Vichy / Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt.

Imprint

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JQE 12-207

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