Commemorating race and empire in the First World War centenary /
First World War commemoration in Europe has been framed as a moment of national trial and as a collective European tragedy. But the 'Great War for Civilisation' was more than just a European conflict. It was in fact a global war, a clash of empires that began a process of nationalist agita...
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Aix-en-Provence : [Liverpool] :
Presses Universitaires de Provence ; Liverpool University Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Sociétés contemporaines.
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Table of Contents:
- From 'coolie' to transnational agent: the 'afterlives' of World War One Chinese workers / Paul J. Bailey
- Marigolds and poppies: commemorating 'Indian' War dead / Peter Stanley
- Situating the Belgian Congo in Belgium's First World War centenary / Laurence van Ypersele and Enika Ngongo (translated by Ben Wellings)
- Maori and Great War commemoration in New Zealand: biculturalism and the politics of forging national memory / Katherine Smits
- Resénégalisation and the representation of Black African troops during World War One / Elizabeth Rechniewski
- 'A strange, new race': eugenics and the Australian soldier in the First World War / Deirdre Gilfedder
- The first circle of memory: First World War postcards of British Imperial Troops in Marseilles / Gilles Teulié; Aesthetic form and political function: representations of French Algerian and British Indian troops in First World War recruiting posters / Cherie Prosser
- A tale of two monuments: the war memorials of Oran and Algiers and commemorative culture in colonial and post-colonial Algeria / Dónal Hassett
- Anzac, race and empire: memorialising soldiers and warriors in Australia / Shanti Sumartojo and Ben Wallings.
