| Commemorating Race and Empire in the First World War Centenary Contributor(s): Wellings, Ben (Editor), Sumartojo, Shanti (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1786940884 ISBN-13: 9781786940889 Publisher: Provence University Press in Association with OUR PRICE: $74.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - History | Western Europe - General - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.2" W x 9.4" (0.85 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 agitation against imperial polities and the racisms that underpinned them in Asia, Africa and beyond. Despite the global context of Centenary commemorative activity these events remain framed by national and state imaginaries and ones in which the ideas about nation, race and imperialism that animated and dominated men and women during the Great War sit uncomfortably with modern sensibilities. By drawing on original archival research, translations from French and Mandarin into English and by employing multidisciplinary conceptual frames of analysis this exciting and innovative volume explores how race and empire, and racism and imperialism, were commemorated or forgotten during the First World War Centenary. |
