1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783040003321

Titolo

Materiel culture : the archaeology of 20th century conflict / / edited by John Schofield, William Gray Johnson, and Colleen M. Beck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-56829-0

1-134-56830-4

1-280-05741-6

0-203-16574-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Collana

One world archaeology ; ; 44

Altri autori (Persone)

SchofieldA. J

JohnsonWilliam Gray <1957->

BeckColleen M

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Archaeology and history

Social archaeology

War and society - History - 20th century

Social conflict - History - 20th century

Material culture - History - 20th century

Historic sites - Conservation and restoration

Historic preservation

Excavations (Archaeology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Chiefly papers presented at the World Archaeological Congress, held Jan. 1999 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Series editors' foreword; Preface; Introduction: materiel culture in the modern world; Paradox in places: twentieth-century battlefield sites in long-term perspective; The ironic 'culture of shells' in the Great War and beyond; The battlefield of the Dukla Pass: an archaeological perspective on the end  of the Cold War in Europe; The Salpa Line: a monument of the future and the traces of war  in the Finnish cultural landscape

Forgotten and refound military structures in the Central Pacific:  



examples from the Marshall IslandsThe archaeology of scientific experiments at a nuclear testing ground; Missing in action: searching for America's war dead; Mapping Cambodia's 'killing fields'; Tell the truth: the archaeology of human rights abuses in Guatemala  and the former Yugoslavia; Violent spaces: conflict over the reappearance of Argentina's disappeared; Biography of a medal: people and the things they value; Monuments and the memories of war: motivations for preserving  military sites in England

'So suspicious of enemies': Australia's late nineteenth- and  twentieth-century coastal defences, their archaeology and interpretationHistoric airfields: evaluation and conservation; Social space and social control: analysing movement and management  on modern military sites; The differing development paths of Second World War concentration camps  and the possibility of an application of a principle of equifinality; A many-faced heritage: the wars of Indochina; Evaluating and managing Cold War era historic properties:  the cultural significance of US Air Force defensive radar systems

Archaeological examination of Cold War architecture:  a reactionary cultural response to the threat of nuclear warThe Berlin Wall: an archaeological site in progress; Managing heritage in District Six, Cape Town: conflicts past and present; In small things remembered: significance and vulnerability in  the management of Robben Island World Heritage Site; Troubling remnants: dealing with the remains of conflict in Northern Ireland; Displaying history's violent heritage: how does the archivist approach  exhibiting documents which relate to violent events?

The hammering of society: non-correspondence and modernityIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Matériel culture encompasses the material remains of conflict, from buildings and monuments to artefacts and militia, as well as human remains. This collection of essays, from an international range of contributors, illustrates the diversity in this material record, highlights the difficulties and challenges in preserving, presenting and interpreting it, and above all demonstrates the significant role matériel culture can play in contemporary society. Among the many studies are: * the 'culture of shells' * the archaeology of nuclear testing grounds * Cambodia's 'killing fields'



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784431603321

Autore

Stearns Peter N

Titolo

Consumerism in world history [[electronic resource] ] : the global transformation of desire / / Peter N. Stearns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London, : Routledge, 2006

ISBN

1-134-15677-4

1-280-47837-3

9786610478378

0-203-96988-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Themes in world history

Disciplina

306.3

339.47

Soggetti

Consumption (Economics)

Economic history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 2001.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Before modern consumerism; PART I The emergence of consumerism in the West; 2 The emergence of consumerism; 3 The first causes of consumerism; 4 Consumerism across the Atlantic: an early imita; 5 The explosion of consumerism in Western Europe and the United States; 6 The dark side of Western consumerism; PART II Consumerism goes global; 7 Consumerism in Russia; 8 Consumerism in East Asia; 9 Consumerism in Latin Amer; 10 Consumerism in Africa; 11 Consumerism in the Islamic Middle East; PART III Consumerism toward the new century

12 Consumerism in the contemporary world13 Conclusion: who wins - consumerism or consumers?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This second edition of Consumerism in World History draws on recent research of the consumer experience in the West and Japan, while also examining societies less renowned for consumerism, such as those in Africa.By relating consumerism to other issues in world history, this book forces reassessment of our understanding of both consumerism and global history. Each chapter has been updated and new features now include:a chapter on Latin AmericaRussian and Chinese



developments since the 1990sthe changes involved in trying to bolster consumerism as