Postcards from the Western Front : pilgrims, veterans, and tourists after the Great War /

"Visitors to the battlefields of France and Belgium expressed pain and anguish, pride and nostalgia, and wonder and surprise at what they saw. Postcards from the Western Front chronicles the many ways in which these sites were perceived and commemorated by British people, both during the First...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Connelly, Mark (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022.
Colección:Human dimensions in foreign policy, military studies, and security studies ; 17.
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Battlefields > Social aspects > Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918 > Battlefields > France.
World War, 1914-1918 > Battlefields > Belgium.
World War, 1914-1918 > Veterans > Travel.
Tourism > France > History > 20th century.
Tourism > Belgium > History > 20th century.
Memorialization > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
War and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages > France > History > 20th century.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Belgium > History > 20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Champs de bataille > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Champs de bataille > France.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Champs de bataille > Belgique.
Commémorations > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Military / General
Battlefields
Memorialization
Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Social aspects
Tourism
Travel
Veterans
War and society
Belgium
France
Great Britain
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fragments from France and Belgium: Visiting Battlefields, 1914-18
  • Postcards from the Hotel
  • Postcards from the Road
  • Postcard Scenes: Devastation
  • Postcards from Veterans
  • Postcards from Pilgrims
  • Postcards from Tourists
  • Postcards from Ypres (and Its Salient)
  • Postcards from Arras
  • Postcards from Thiepval
  • Postcards from Behind the Lines: Armentières, Bailleul, Béthune, Poperinghe ... and Around
  • L'Envoi.

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