Commemorating race and empire in the First World War centenary /

First World War commemoration in Europe has been framed as a moment of national trial and as a collective European tragedy. But the 'Great War for Civilisation' was more than just a European conflict. It was in fact a global war, a clash of empires that began a process of nationalist agita...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wellings, Ben, 1971- (Editor ), Sumartojo, Shanti (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aix-en-Provence : [Liverpool] : Presses Universitaires de Provence ; Liverpool University Press, 2018.
Colección:Sociétés contemporaines.
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects.
World War, 1914-1918 > Anniversaries, etc.
War memorials > Social aspects.
War memorials > Political aspects.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Aspect social.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Anniversaires.
Monuments aux morts > Aspect social.
Monuments aux morts > Aspect politique.
History.
First World War.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
ARCHITECTURE > History > Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
War memorials > Political aspects
Anniversaries
Race relations
Social aspects
Europe > Colonies > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Europe > Colonies > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From 'coolie' to transnational agent: the 'afterlives' of World War One Chinese workers / Paul J. Bailey
  • Marigolds and poppies: commemorating 'Indian' War dead / Peter Stanley
  • Situating the Belgian Congo in Belgium's First World War centenary / Laurence van Ypersele and Enika Ngongo (translated by Ben Wellings)
  • Maori and Great War commemoration in New Zealand: biculturalism and the politics of forging national memory / Katherine Smits
  • Resénégalisation and the representation of Black African troops during World War One / Elizabeth Rechniewski
  • 'A strange, new race': eugenics and the Australian soldier in the First World War / Deirdre Gilfedder
  • The first circle of memory: First World War postcards of British Imperial Troops in Marseilles / Gilles Teulié; Aesthetic form and political function: representations of French Algerian and British Indian troops in First World War recruiting posters / Cherie Prosser
  • A tale of two monuments: the war memorials of Oran and Algiers and commemorative culture in colonial and post-colonial Algeria / Dónal Hassett
  • Anzac, race and empire: memorialising soldiers and warriors in Australia / Shanti Sumartojo and Ben Wallings.

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