This study examines fictional recreations of the First World War in the interwar years and the phenomenal success of one play, Sheriff's Journey's End. The author challenges the notion of a 'modern' memory generated by the First World War by arguing that middlebrow texts formulated a set of images and ideas that eclipsed the wartime upheaval and imputed conservative 'meanings' to the collective memory.
This study examines fictional recreations of the First World War in the interwar years and the phenomenal success of one play, Sheriff's Journey's End...
This innovative study by one of the leading specialists in the field examines the social and economic role of the German army in the nation's internal affairs during World War I.
This innovative study by one of the leading specialists in the field examines the social and economic role of the German army in the nation's inter...
Nominated for the Longman History Today Book of the Year Prize, 1995
The first full-scale study of the rituals with which the British people commemorated three-quarters of a million war dead.
Explains both the origins of the two minutes silence and the reasons for the success of the poppy appeal.
This book examines how the British people came to terms with the massive trauma of the First World War. Although the literary memory of the war has often been discussed, little has been written on the public ceremonies on and around 11 November which dominated the public memory...
Nominated for the Longman History Today Book of the Year Prize, 1995
The first full-scale study of the rituals with which the British people ...
Nominated for the Longman History Today Book of the Year Prize, 1995
The first full-scale study of the rituals with which the British people commemorated three-quarters of a million war dead.
Explains both the origins of the two minutes silence and the reasons for the success of the poppy appeal.
This book examines how the British people came to terms with the massive trauma of the First World War. Although the literary memory of the war has often been discussed, little has been written on the public ceremonies on and around 11 November which dominated the public memory...
Nominated for the Longman History Today Book of the Year Prize, 1995
The first full-scale study of the rituals with which the British people ...
In the aftermath of the Great War, a wave of tourists and pilgrims visited the battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of the war. The cultural history of this 'battlefield tourism' is chronicled in this absorbing and original book, which shows how the phenomenon served to construct memory in Britain, as well as in Australia and Canada. The author demonstrates that high and low culture, tradition and modernism, the sacred and the profane were often inter-related, rather than polar opposites. The various responses to the actual and imagined landscapes of battlefields are discussed, as well...
In the aftermath of the Great War, a wave of tourists and pilgrims visited the battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of the war. The cultural hist...
In the aftermath of the Great War, a wave of tourists and pilgrims visited the battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of the war. The cultural history of this 'battlefield tourism' is chronicled in this absorbing and original book, which shows how the phenomenon served to construct memory in Britain, as well as in Australia and Canada. The author demonstrates that high and low culture, tradition and modernism, the sacred and the profane were often inter-related, rather than polar opposites. The various responses to the actual and imagined landscapes of battlefields are discussed, as well...
In the aftermath of the Great War, a wave of tourists and pilgrims visited the battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of the war. The cultural hist...
This lyrical memoir offers a fresh look inside the trauma of war and captivity during the First World War, with resonance for today's world.
Georges Connes was a young literature graduate when he was drafted and served in the infamous and bloody battle of Verdun. A survivor, he was captured by the Germans in June 1916 and became a prisoner of war until his repatriation in January 1919. In the Second World War, he was active in the French Resistance, was arrested and detained, and ultimately went into hiding. After the war, he served as the interim mayor of Dijon before returning to...
This lyrical memoir offers a fresh look inside the trauma of war and captivity during the First World War, with resonance for today's world.
This important translation looks at World War I from the perspective of German working-class women. The author demonstrates the intimate connection between 'general' social history and women's history while analyzing the dynamics between these different levels of interpretation. She asks: - How did women view the war and whom did they hold responsible for it? - How did military leaders and politicians perceive women at work, in the home, and on the streets? This book explores the ways in which the people themselves interpreted their world and their lives -- a perspective often neglected by...
This important translation looks at World War I from the perspective of German working-class women. The author demonstrates the intimate connection be...
