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Auteur(s) : Thurley, Simon (1962-....)
Titre(s) : Men from the ministry [Texte imprimé] : how Britain saved its heritage / Simon Thurley
Publication : New Haven (Conn.) : Yale University Press, copyright 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-294 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
Between 1900 and 1950 the British state amassed a huge collection of over 800 historic
buildings, monuments and historic sites and opened them to the public. It was an enterprise
without precedent. Governments elsewhere had of course assembled collections of paintings,
sculptures and books. But Britain created what was effectively an outdoor museum of
national history, overseen by a range of voluntary bodies including the Council for
the Protection of Rural England, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
and the National Trust. In this vivid and forcefully argued book Simon Thurley analyses
this extraordinary collecting frenzy and places it in the context of an interwar period
dominated by nostalgia, neo-romanticism and cultural protectionism. The establishment
of a modern state based on deep historical and rural roots encapsulated the view of
the former prime minister, Stanley Baldwin, that heritage was the rock out of which
the nation's children would be hewn
Sujet(s) : Monuments historiques -- Conservation et restauration -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1800-....
Politique culturelle -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1800-....
Indice(s) Dewey :
363.6 (23e éd.) = Services publics et services connexes
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300195729 (rel.). - ISBN 0300195729 (erroné). - ISBN 9780300205244 (erroné).
- ISBN 0300205244 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46859592r
Notice n° :
FRBNF46859592
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Table des matières : Introduction ; Seeking the olden time: popular enthusiasm for history in the nineteenth
century ; The Office of Works ; The 'Monumentally Ancient' Act of 1882 ; The Office
of Works takes control 1882-1909 ; The Ancient Monuments Act of 1913 ; The Ancient
Monuments department in inter-war Britain ; Creating a national heritage collection
1913-1939 ; Stonehenge ; Aesthetics and philosophy ; Inventing the heritage industry
; Protection in action 1913-1939 ; Saving Hadrian's Wall: the Act of 1931 ; Who
saves country houses? ; War and aftermath 1939-1953 ; The Ministry branches out
1953-1973 ; Boom and bust 1970-1982 ; Conclusion: Men from the ministry.
