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The icon curtain : the Cold War's quiet border

Title
The icon curtain : the Cold War's quiet border / Yuliya Komska.
Author
Komska, Yuliya
Publication
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.

Details

Description
pages : illustrations; cm
Subject
  • Sudeten Germans > History > 20th century
  • Travelers' writings, German > History and criticism > 20th century
  • Sudeten Germans > Religion
  • Cold War
  • HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
  • Bohemian Forest > Description and travel
  • Bohemian Forest Region > Church history > 20th century
  • Bohemian Forest > In art
  • Czechoslovakia > History > 1945-1992
  • Germany (West) > Boundaries > History > Czechoslovakia > 20th century
  • Czechoslovakia > Boundaries > History > Germany (West) > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Conditions: ruins of the Cold War -- Cornerstones: iconoclasm and the making of the prayer wall -- Infrastructure: civilian border travel and travelogues -- Uses: visual nostalgia at the prayer wall -- Epilogue: tragic frames.
Call Number
JFE 15-1589
ISBN
  • 9780226154190 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 022615419X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226154220 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014016858
OCLC
871670544
Author
Komska, Yuliya, author.
Title
The icon curtain : the Cold War's quiet border / Yuliya Komska.
Publisher
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-1589
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