| Description |
xi, 274 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Legacy of the Great War.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references ( pages 252-266) and index |
| Subject |
Social psychology -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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War memorials -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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War memorials -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.
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| LC no. |
98211640 |
| ISBN |
1859739830 cloth |
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1859739881 paperback |
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