Format:
Online-Ressource (455 p)
ISBN:
9781472578037
Series Statement:
Legacy of the Great War
Content:
Taking as its focus memorials of the First World War in Britain, this book brings a fresh approach to the study of public symbols by exploring how different motives for commemorating the dead were reconciled through the processes of local politics to create a widely valued form of collective expression. It examines how the memorials were produced, what was said about them, how support for them was mobilized and behaviour around them regulated. These memorials were the sites of contested, multiple and ambiguous meanings, yet out of them a united public observance was created. The author argues
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 The Composition of a National Cult; 2 A Commemorative Tradition and its Application in War; 3 Talking About War Memorials; 4 The Choice of a Memorial; 5 The War Memorial Business; 6 War Memorial Imagery; 7 The Canonisation of Common People; 8 Moral Obligation and Politics in the Commemoration of the Dead; 9 Sacred Union; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Imprint Page
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781859739839
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe King, Alex Memorials of the Great War in Britain Oxford [u.a.] : Berg, 1998 ISBN 1859739830
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1859739881
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Gedenkstätte
;
Kriegerdenkmal
;
Erster Weltkrieg
;
Großbritannien
;
Erster Weltkrieg
;
Kriegerdenkmal
;
Totengedächtnis
;
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