Defending national treasures :

Karlsgodt, Elizabeth Campbell.

Defending national treasures : French art and heritage under Vichy / Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011. - xv, 382 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780804770187 (cloth : alk. paper)

2010039800


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


France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.

N9165.F8 / K37 2011

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