Designs of Destruction

Designs of Destruction

The Making of Monuments in the Twentieth Century

Allais, Lucia

The University of Chicago Press

04/2025

347

Mole

9780226840079

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Introduction: Monument Survival

1. "Wardens of Civilization": Conservation and Diplomacy at the 1931 Athens Conference
2. "Battles Designed to Preserve": The Allies' Lists of Monuments in World War II
3. Unwitting City Planning: Maps of Monuments and the American Bombing of Europe, 1943-1945

Bridge: Let's Visit UNESCO House

4. "Stones Also Die": UNESCO and the Decolonization of Museums, 1960-1975
5. Integrities: The Salvage of Abu Simbel, 1960-1980

Coda: Viscosities

Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
List of Archives
Notes
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