Contact Zones of the First World War - Cultural Encounters Across the British Empire

The first in-depth and comparative study of the experience of colonial encounters for troops from the British Empire during the First World War.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Contexts: The British Empire Goes To War; 2. Wartime Journeys: Troopships and Ports; 3. At Camp: Encounters under Khaki and Canvas; 4. On Leave: Tourism as Encounter; 5. Behind the Lines: Encounters with Civilians; 6. On the Wards: Hospitals and Encounters; 7. Legacies: The Aftermath of Encounter.

About the author

Anna Maguire is a Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen Mary University of London. She is co-editor (with Santanu Das and Daniel Steinbach) of Colonial Encounters in a Time of Global Conflict, 1914–1918 (2021).

Product details

• Authors: Anna Maguire, Anna (Queen Mary University of London) Maguire
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2025
• EAN: 9781108987332
• ISBN: 978-1-108-98733-2
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1910 to c 1919, Colonialism and imperialism, Modern warfare, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Military life & institutions, Military institutions, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I