The Nation and Its Ruins: Antiquity, Archaeology, and National Imagination in Greece

by Yannis Hamilakis

This innovative, extensively illustrated study examines how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed significantly to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination. It also shows how, in return, national imagination has created and shaped classical antiquities
and archaeological practice from the nineteenth century to the present. Yannis Hamilakis covers a diverse range of topics, including the role of antiquities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199572909
• ISBN13: 9780199572908
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.4"