Michael Falser, Angkor Wat: A Transcultural History of Heritage
This book about the making of a monument is monumental in both size and ambition. In two hardbound and (very) heavyweight volumes, over the course of almost nine hundred pages of text—and with reference to over a thousand (!) images—Michael Falser authors “a transcultural history of heritage” focus...
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ABE Journal
2021
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | This book about the making of a monument is monumental in both size and ambition. In two hardbound and (very) heavyweight volumes, over the course of almost nine hundred pages of text—and with reference to over a thousand (!) images—Michael Falser authors “a transcultural history of heritage” focused on Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex. Detailing the life and development of Angkor during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Falser makes plain the French colonial entanglement that help... |
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