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Author Karlsgodt, Elizabeth Campbell.

Title Defending national treasures : French art and heritage under Vichy / Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt.

Publication Info. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 382 pages) : illustrations (some color), map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary This work explores the fate of art and cultural heritage during the Nazi occupation of France. It examines the preservation policy that the Vichy regime enacted in an assertion of sovereignty over French art museums, historic monuments, and archaeological sites.
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Subject German Occupation of France (France : 1940-1945)
World War (1939-1945)
Art treasures in war -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Art treasures in war.
France.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Art museums -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Art museums.
Art and state -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Art and state.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- France.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- France.
Cultural property -- Protection -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Cultural property -- Protection.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Karlsgodt, Elizabeth Campbell. Defending national treasures. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2011 9780804770187 (DLC) 2010039800 (OCoLC)664842341
ISBN 9780804777827 (electronic book)
0804777829 (electronic book)
9780804770187
0804770182