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Author Freeman, Kirrily.

Title Bronzes to bullets : Vichy and the destruction of French public statuary, 1941-1944 / Kirrily Freeman.

Publication Info. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2009]
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 246 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238) and index.
Contents The economics of exploitation -- "An important source of metal" : the context of Vichy's metal "mobilization" -- "The union of art and industry" : Vichy's bronze "mobilization" campaign -- The politics of patrimony -- "The expression of us all, young and old" : public perceptions of the bronze mobilization campaign -- "Pedestals dedicated to absence" : the symbolic impact of the bronze mobilization campaign -- Conclusion : "the 'Saint-Bartholomew' of statues"? : the bronze mobilization campaign in French memory and historiography.
Summary This text tells the story of French statues and monuments that were melted down and shipped to Nazi munitions factories during the Second World War.
Local Note EBSCOhost Art and Architecture Complete
Subject German Occupation of France (1940-1945) (OCoLC)fst01353176
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Bronze -- War use -- France.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- France.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- France.
Public sculpture, French -- 20th century.
Art and state -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Art and society -- France -- History -- 20th century.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Art and society. (OCoLC)fst00815432
Art and state. (OCoLC)fst00815435
Destruction and pillage. (OCoLC)fst01906941
Economics. (OCoLC)fst00902116
Public sculpture, French. (OCoLC)fst01202596
France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Freeman, Kirrily. Bronzes to bullets. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009 9780804758895 (DLC) 2008026616 (OCoLC)225875959
ISBN 9780804758895 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0804758891 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0804779716
9780804779715
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