Afterlives of war : a descendants' history

Afterlives of war a descendants' history

Afterlives of War documents the lives and historical pursuits of the generations who grew up in Australia, Britain and Germany after the First World War. Although they were not direct witnesses to the conflict, they experienced its effects from their earliest years. Based on ninety oral history inte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Roper, Michael, 1959- author (author), Duffett, Rachel, contributor (contributor), Roper, Michael, contributor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press 2023.
Colección:Cultural history of modern war.
Materias:
Collective memory > Australia > History > 20th century.
Collective memory > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Collective memory > Germany > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Influence.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009762729306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Researcher
  • 1. The evidence of afterlives
  • 2. Family transmission
  • Part II: Observer
  • 3. National narratives in the Centenary
  • 4. Meeting in No Man’s Land: motives for remembrance / Michael Roper and Rachel Duffett
  • Part II: Historian
  • 5. Fathers and the habits of home
  • 6. Playing at war and being at war
  • 7. Daughters, care and citizenship
  • Part IV: Descendant
  • 8. Father and son on Bob’s war
  • 9. Dysentery and the Anzac legend
  • 10. Legacies of dysentery
  • 11. Stomaching peace
  • Epilogue
  • Index.

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