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Conflict, Heritage and World-Making in the Chaco : War at the End of the Worlds?.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : UCL Press, 2020.Description: 1 online resource (207 pages)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787358096
  • 1787358097
  • 9781787358065
  • 1787358062
  • 9781787358102
  • 1787358100
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Conflict, Heritage and World-Making in the Chaco : War at the End of the Worlds?LOC classification:
  • F2688.5
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Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: War at the end of the worlds? -- 2. 'Sin vencedores ni vencidos': The Chaco and its forgotten war -- 3. Dwelling place, promised land and green hell? The many worlds of the Chaco -- 4. Trade, trash, treasure: Recycling conflict, making worlds -- 5. Ruins of modernity: Archaeology and heritage in the Chaco -- 6. Anthropocene hyperobjects: Persistent heritages beyond the Chaco War -- References -- Index
Summary: Conflict, Heritage and World-Making in the Chaco explores the physical remains of the Chaco War (1932-35) - known as South America's first 'modern' armed conflict - in what is now present-day Paraguay. It shows how the material culture and heritage of modern conflict fuse together objects, people and landscapes, connecting them physically and conceptually across vast distances and time periods.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: War at the end of the worlds? -- 2. 'Sin vencedores ni vencidos': The Chaco and its forgotten war -- 3. Dwelling place, promised land and green hell? The many worlds of the Chaco -- 4. Trade, trash, treasure: Recycling conflict, making worlds -- 5. Ruins of modernity: Archaeology and heritage in the Chaco -- 6. Anthropocene hyperobjects: Persistent heritages beyond the Chaco War -- References -- Index

Conflict, Heritage and World-Making in the Chaco explores the physical remains of the Chaco War (1932-35) - known as South America's first 'modern' armed conflict - in what is now present-day Paraguay. It shows how the material culture and heritage of modern conflict fuse together objects, people and landscapes, connecting them physically and conceptually across vast distances and time periods.

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