Commemorating race and empire in the First World War centenary [electronic resource] / edited by Ben Wellings and Shanti Sumartojo.

Other Title:

Comemorating race and empire in 1st World War centenary

Publication:

Aix-en-Provence : Presses universitaires de Provence : [Liverpool] : Liverpool university press, 2018.

Series:

Sociétés contemporaines.
Sociétés contemporaines, 2259-213X

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations.

Subjects:

World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Anniversaries, etc.
Europe -- Colonies -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.

Contributor:

Wellings, Ben, 1971- editor.
Sumartojo, Shanti, editor.
JSTOR (Online Service)

Other format:

Print version: Commemorating race and empire in the First World War centenary.

ISBN:

9781786948489
1786948486
9781786940889
1786940884
9791032001509

Publisher Number:

40028717487

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Connect to full text
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/2308307

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