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Hegemonic curation and military empires

The ‘museumification’ of the Scottish soldier and the meaning-making of Britain’s wars

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Pages 287-305 | Received 09 Jul 2018, Accepted 03 Oct 2019, Published online: 19 Oct 2019

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