Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape Tapa dura - 1998

Ken Inglis has the grand storyteller's knack. He is a meticulous historian, but also one quite unafraid of the sacred or metaphysical implications of his subject. This is a rare book. " Morag Fraser, Editor, Eureka Street
This copy is in excellent condition and unmarked throughout.
Protective heavy duty vinyl slide on cover has slightly warped at top edge front cover but we retained same whilst the book is displayed within our shop.

Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0522847528 . With many illustrations, index, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; xvi, 522 pages .

Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0522847528 . With many illustrations, index, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; xvi, 522 pages .

Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0522847528 . With many illustrations, index, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; xvi, 522 pages .

Carlton South, Victoria: The Miegunyah Press, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xvi 522 pages indexed, illustrated. The mylar protected jacket is immaculate as is the book, which appears never to have been opened. Overseas customers please note the book weighs over 1.5 kilos and will atrract additional postage - lots. "Memorials to Australian participation in wars abound in our landscape. From Melbourne's huge Shrine of Remembrance to the modest marble soldier, obelisk or memorial hall in suburb and country town, they mourn and honour Australians who have served and died for their country. Ken Inglis argues that the imagery, rituals and rhetoric generated around memorials constitute a civil religion, a cult of Anzac. Sacred Places traces three elements which converged to create the cult: the special place of war in the European mind when nationalism was at its zenith; the colonial condition; and the death of so many young men in distant battle, which… Leer más

Carlton South: The Miegunyah Press, 1998. HEAVY. xvi, 522pp, illustated in b/w, index. With page marker ribbon. Cloth boards in jacket. Slightest of edge wear to jacket. Edition limited to 2000 copies. 'The author argues that the imagery, rituals and rhetoric generated around memorials constitute a civil religion, a cult of Anzac. The book spans war, religion, politics and language and the visual arts.'. First Edition of 2000 Copies. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.