Matters of conflict : material culture, memory and the First World War / edited by Nicholas J. Saunders.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saunders, Nicholas J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918.

Material culture.

Memory--Social aspects.

Memory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In its multidisciplinary approach and wide-ranging contributions, this book sets a dramatically new agenda for the study of the First World War and twentieth-century conflict.

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; List of contributors; 1 Material culture and conflict: the Great War, 1914–2003; 2 Art, material life and disaster; 3 'Sacred relics': objects in the Imperial War Museum 1917–39; Prostheses and propaganda; 5 Nagelfiguren: nailing patriotism in Germany 1914–18; 6 Shattered experiences; 7 The Great War re-remembered; 8 Death and material culture; 9 A material link between war and peace; 10 Thanks for the memory: war memorials, spectatorship and the trajectories of commemoration 1919-2001; 11 The lion, the angel and the war memorial

12 The Internet and the Great War13 The Ocean Villas project; 14 Aftermath: materiality on the Home Front, 1914–2001; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-134-46371-5

9786610281138

1-280-28113-8

0-203-50254-X

9780203502549

OCLC:

304072233