Battlefield Tourism - Pilgrimage Commemoration of Great War in Britain, Australia Canada,

Zusatztext Lloyd's is a fine book and an excellent addition to our understanding of the aftermath of the Great War. Informationen zum Autor David William Lloyd David Lloyd,formerly of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge Zusammenfassung A study of the rise of the tourism industry around the battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of World War I. The responses to the actual and the imagined landscapes of battlefields are discussed, as well as bereavement and how this was shaped by gender, religion and the military experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Tourism and Pilgrimage, 1860-19392. 'Just What 'Ave We Won?' Pilgrimages to the Cenotaph and the Grave of the Unknown Warrior3. 'Murder on Show'? Travel to the Battlefields of the Great War4. 'A Deeper Awareness of the War and its Import': Pilgrimages to the Battlefields of the Great War5. Tourism, Pilgrimage and the Commemoration of the Great War in Australia and Canada, 1919-1939ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: David William Lloyd, Thomas Da Lloyd, Lloyd David William
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1998
• EAN: 9781859731741
• ISBN: 978-1-85973-174-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Legacy of the Great War; The Legacy of the Great War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; European History, First World War, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, c 1910 to c 1919, General and world history, Warfare and defence, Violence and abuse in society, Retail and wholesale industries, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General