Ireland, the Great War and the Geography of Remembrance

This book provides an examination of the development of memorial landscapes in Ireland.

List of contents

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Geography, landscape and memory; 2. A call to arms: recruitment poster and propaganda; 3. Parading memory: peace day celebrations; 4. Sculpting memory: space, memorials and rituals of remembrance; 5. Scripting memory: literary landscapes and the war experience; 6. Remembering the Easter Rebellion 1916; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Nuala C. Johnson is a Lecturer in Geography at Queen's University, Belfast.

Summary

The Irish experience of the Great War, and its commemoration, is the location of Nuala C. Johnson's sustained and pioneering examination of the development of memorial landscapes, and her study represents a major contribution both to cultural geography and to the historiography of remembrance.

Product details

• Authors: Nuala C. Johnson
• Assisted by: Alan R. H. Baker (Editor), Richard Dennis (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2014
• EAN: 9780521826167
• ISBN: 978-0-521-82616-7
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 493 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Historica
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography