Tombs of the great leaders : a contemporary guide / Leick Gwendolyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leick, Gwendolyn, 1951-2022, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kings and rulers--Mythology.

Kings and rulers.

Tombs--History.

Tombs.

Mausoleums--History.

Mausoleums.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A visit to Ankara, Turkey, would include a trip to Anitkabir, the burial site of Turkey's founder and first president, Ataturk. The massive stone building houses numerous sculptures and a large ceremonial plaza and is surrounded by an elaborate park. Ataturk is far from the only former leader to be remembered by such decorative means. Since the beginning of human history, societies have built tombs and mausoleums to house the remains of people who changed the course of history. These grave sites exist not only as sites of memory for different cultures, but also serve the political needs of su

Contents:

Cover; Tombs of The Great Leaders: A Contemporary Guide; Imprint Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Enduring Signification: Mounds, Monuments and Mausolea; Stone Age Burials; Bronze Age Elite Tombs; Hellenistic Eclecticism and the Invention of the Mausoleum; Roman Imperial Tombs; Royal Burials of Christian Monarchs in the Middle Ages; The Impact of the French Revolution; Napoleon's Tomb; Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield, Illinois; 2. Safeguarding the Immortality of Revolutionary Leaders: Mausolea in Communist Countries; Lenin's Tomb; The Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh; Mao Zedong Memorial Hall

Kumsusan Memorial Hall, 'The Sacred Temple of Juche'Destroyed Communist Mausolea; 3. Fantasy and Reality: The Burial Places of Fascist Leaders; Mussolini's Crypt in Predappio; Franco and the Righteous Fallen in Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos; 4. New Nations, New Monuments: Mausolea for Fathers of the Nation; Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum (Lingmu) on Purple Mountain; Anıtkabir: The Memorial Tomb of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; Mazar-e-Quaid-e-Azam, 'The Mausoleum of the Great Leader', Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in Karachi; The Mausoleum of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman in Dhaka

5. Not the Final Resting Place: Temporary MausoleaChiang Kai-shek at Chihu, Taiwan; Yasser Arafat at Ramallah; 6. Appropriated Traditions; Sukarno and Suharto in Java; The Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran; 7. Political Mausolea in Africa; North African Mausolea; Sub-Saharan Mausolea; Dr Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra; The Mausoleum of M'zee Laurent-Désiré Kabila in Kinshasa; The Mausoleum of Hastings Kamuzu Banda in Lilongwe, Malawi; The Tomb of Dr John Garang de Mabior, Juba, South Sudan; Reinventing the Political Tomb in Africa; References

Chronological List of Tombs and MausoleaBibliographies; Acknowledgements; Illustration Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 28, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780232263

1780232268

OCLC:

880531363