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  • MUSEUMS AND THE ACT OF WITNESSING
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    MUSEUMS AND THE ACT OF WITNESSING
    ROSS J. WILSON
    Museums and the Act of Witnessing examines how representations of traumatic histories and the legacies of the twentieth century in museums and heritage sites across the world shape political, social and cultural identities. Drawing on an interdisciplinary analysis of a variety of museum exhibitions around the globe, the book demonstrates how the narrative of ‘witnessing’ has sh...

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  • NATURAL HISTORY
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    NATURAL HISTORY
    ROSS J. WILSON
    The concept of ’natural heritage’ has become increasingly significant with the threat of dwindling resources, environmental degradation and climatic change. As humanity’s impact on the condition of life on earth has become more prominent, a discernible shift in the relationship between western society and the environment has taken place. This is reflective of wider historical p...

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  • NEW YORK AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
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    NEW YORK AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
    ROSS J. WILSON
    The First World War constitutes a point in the history of New York when its character and identity were challenged, recast and reinforced. Due to its pre-eminent position as a financial and trading centre, its role in the conflict was realised far sooner than elsewhere in the United States. This book uses city, state and federal archives, newspaper reports, publications, leafle...

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  • CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE GREAT WAR IN BRITAIN
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    CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE GREAT WAR IN BRITAIN
    ROSS J. WILSON
    As the hundredth anniversary approaches, it is timely to reflect not only upon the Great War itself and on the memorials which were erected to ensure it did not slip from national consciousness, but also to reflect upon its rich and substantial cultural legacy. This book examines the heritage of the Great War in contemporary Britain. It addresses how the war maintains a place ...

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  • LANDSCAPES OF THE WESTERN FRONT
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    LANDSCAPES OF THE WESTERN FRONT
    ROSS WILSON
    This book examines the British soldiers on the Western Front and how they responded to the war landscape they encountered behind the lines and at the front. Using a multidisciplinary perspective, this study investigates the relationship between soldiers and the spaces and materials of the warzone, analyzing how soldiers constructed a ‘sense of place’ in the hostile, unpredictab...

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  • THE MEANING OF LIFE IN ROMANTIC POETRY AND POETICS
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    THE MEANING OF LIFE IN ROMANTIC POETRY AND POETICS
    ROSS WILSON
    This volume brings together an impressive range of established and emerging scholars to investigate the meaning of ‘life’ in Romantic poetry and poetics. This investigation involves sustained attention to a set of challenging questions at the heart of British Romantic poetic practice and theory. Is poetry alive for the Romantic poets? If so, how? Does ‘life’ always mean ‘life’?...

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  • THEODOR ADORNO
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    THEODOR ADORNO
    ROSS WILSON
    The range of Adorno's achievement, and the depth of his insights, is breathtaking and daunting. His work on literary, artistic, and musical forms, his devastating indictment of modern industrial society, and his profound grasp of Western culture from Homer to Hollywood have made him one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century thought. As one of the main philosopher...

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