Mark Connelly

The Great War, Memory and Ritual

Commemoration in the City and East London, 1916-1939

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Produktbeschreibung

This detailed case study of a part of London shows how both the survivors and the bereaved sought to come to terms with the losses and implications of the Great War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 271
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780861933273
• ISBN-10: 0861933273
• Artikelnr.: 41238346

Autorenporträt

Mark Connelly

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The City
East London and metropolitan Essex War shrines: the origins of the war memorials movement War memorials in places of worship: seeking solace in religion The alternative bonds of community: war memorials in placesof work
schools
colleges and clubs Civic war memorials: public pride and private grief Laying the foundations
1919-1921 The years rich in imagery
1922-1929 The years of flux
1930-1935 Into battle
1936-1939 The East End Jewish ex-service movement Epilogue Bibliography