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Author Roper, Michael, 1959- author.

Title Afterlives of war : a descendants' history / Michael Roper
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 351 pages) : illustrations
Series Cultural history of modern war
Cultural history of modern war.
Summary <I>Afterlives of war </i>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 interviews and observation during the First World War Centenary, this pioneering study reveals the contribution of descendants to the contemporary memory of the First World War, and the intimate personal legacies of the conflict that animate their history-making
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Collective memory -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
Collective memory -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Collective memory -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence
History / Modern / 20th Century.
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
History / Military / World War I.
Collective memory.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Australia.
Germany.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781526154040
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