1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Summary
This study argues that the institution of public burial for the war dead and images of the deceased in civic and sacred spaces fundamentally changed how people conceived of military casualties. In a period characterized by war and the threat of civil strife, the nascent democracy claimed the fallen for the city and commemorated them with rituals and images that shaped a civic ideology of struggle and self-sacrifice on behalf of a unified community
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 18, 2014)
