The Great War, Memory and Ritual by Mark Connelly
This detailed case study of a part of London seeks to show how both the survivors and the bereaved sought to come to terms with the losses and implications of the Great War.
Local historians will relish the way contrasting case studies are developed as a powerful means of analysis, using an array of sources including newspapers, council records, church, school, business and hospital archives, parish and political magazines and pamphlets, memoirs and oral histories, photos and war memorials.A provocative and important book.it remains a valuable read. * FAMILY & COMMUNITY HISTORY *
A very good and very readable detailed case study. * ARMCHAIR AUCTIONS *
The war memorials of the 1914-1918 war are to be found everywhere in the British Isles [.] Through the meticulous scholarship of Mark Connelly, we can once again hear the voices of those who created them. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
A deep knowledge of memoirs, newspaper files, and local archives enables Connelly to show the communitarian codes that underlay the war memorial movement as well as the conflicts and divisions these activities occasioned. * ALBION *
A very good and very readable detailed case study. * ARMCHAIR AUCTIONS *
The war memorials of the 1914-1918 war are to be found everywhere in the British Isles [.] Through the meticulous scholarship of Mark Connelly, we can once again hear the voices of those who created them. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
A deep knowledge of memoirs, newspaper files, and local archives enables Connelly to show the communitarian codes that underlay the war memorial movement as well as the conflicts and divisions these activities occasioned. * ALBION *
Professor of Modern British Military History, University of Kent
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| ISBN 13 | 9780861932535 |
| ISBN 10 | 0861932536 |
| Title | The Great War, Memory and Ritual |
| Author | Mark Connelly |
| Series | Royal Historical Society Studies In History New Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 271 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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