British and German Cartoons as Weapons in World War I
Author: Wolfgang K. Hünig
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien.
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British Images of Germany
Author: R. Scully
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012-10-30
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 1137283467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish Images of Germany is the first full-length cultural history of Britain's relationship with Germany in the key period leading up to the First World War. Richard Scully reassesses what is imagined to be a fraught relationship, illuminating the sense of kinship Britons felt for Germany even in times of diplomatic tension.
Humor, Entertainment, and Popular Culture during World War I
Author: Clémentine Tholas-Disset
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-05-06
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 1137436433
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHumor and entertainment were vital to the war effort during World War I. While entertainment provided relief to soldiers in the trenches, it also built up support for the war effort on the home front. This book looks at transnational war culture by examining seemingly light-hearted discourses on the Great War.
The Great War and the British Empire
Author: Michael Walsh
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-11-25
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 1317029828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1914 almost one quarter of the earth's surface was British. When the empire and its allies went to war in 1914 against the Central Powers, history's first global conflict was inevitable. It is the social and cultural reactions to that war and within those distant, often overlooked, societies which is the focus of this volume. From Singapore to Australia, Cyprus to Ireland, India to Iraq and around the rest of the British imperial world, further complexities and interlocking themes are addressed, offering new perspectives on imperial and colonial history and theory, as well as art, music, photography, propaganda, education, pacifism, gender, class, race and diplomacy at the end of the pax Britannica.
German Images of the Self and the Other
Author: F. Rash
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012-10-17
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1137030216
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a detailed linguistic analysis of the nationalist discourses of the German Second Reich, which most effectively demonstrate the contrasting images of the German Self and its various Others, such as Jews, native Africans, gypsies and the enemy Other during the First World War.
Laughter and War
Author: Lesley Milne
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2016-01-14
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1443887684
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWar is no laughing matter. During a war, however, laughter can play a vital role in sustaining morale, both in the armies at the Front and in their homelands. Among wars, the 1914–18 conflict has left a haunting legacy, and remains a central topic in modern European history. This book offers a comparative study of the impact of the war in four countries, and breaks new ground by exploring this through the medium of what their respective populations laughed at. By searching the pages of four humorous-satirical magazines, Punch in the UK, Le Rire (France), Simplicissimus (Germany), and Novy Satirikon (Russia), all of which supported the national war efforts, it examines the ways in which humour made an important contribution to the propaganda war. All four magazines were famous for their cartoons, a selection of which is included, but much of the humour was expressed through the written word, in skits, squibs, comic tales, and light verse. Translated into English, these snapshots of the moment are brought together to chart the responses on both sides of the conflict to issues and unfolding events, identifying the stories that nations liked to tell about themselves and also the ones they liked to be told.
British Coastal Weapons vs German Coastal Weapons
Author: Neil Short
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2023-04-27
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 1472849795
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor the first time ever, compare the British and German World War II big guns duelling with each other and harrying shipping in the Channel. One of the longest-running battles of World War II took place across the English Channel, in which huge artillery guns attempted to destroy each other, created psychological terror among the local inhabitants living near the coast, and harassed shipping over a four-year period. Neil Short examines the array of powerful weapons located across the Strait of Dover. Superb colour artworks explore both fixed gun batteries (including 'Jane' and 'Clem', and batteries Todt and Lindemann) and railway artillery (such as the German K5 and K12 guns, and the British 18in. 'Boche Buster'). Construction and targeting technology used by each side are also covered in detail, and the locations of all the major sites around Dover and Calais are pinpointed on easy to follow maps.
The Politics of Humour
Author: Martina Kessel
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2012-01-30
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1442695137
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe period between the First World War and the fall of the Berlin Wall is often characterized as the age of extremes—while this era witnessed unprecedented violence and loss of human life, it also saw a surge in humorous entertainment in both democratic and authoritarian societies. The Politics of Humour examines how works such as satirical magazines and comedy films were used both to reaffirm group identity and to exclude those who did not belong. The essays in this collection analyse the political and social context of comedy in Europe and the United States, exploring topics ranging from the shifting targets of ethnic jokes to the incorporation of humour into wartime broadcasting and the uses of satire as a means of resistance. Comedy continues to define the nature of group membership today, and The Politics of Humour offers an intriguing look at how entertainment helped everyday people make sense of the turmoil of the twentieth century.
A Strange and Formidable Weapon
Author: Marion Girard
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 080322205X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe advent of poison gas in World War I shocked Britons at all levels of society, yet by the end of the conflict their nation was a leader in chemical warfare. Although never used on the home front, poison gas affected almost every segment of British society physically, mentally, or emotionally, proving to be an armament of total war. Through cartoons, military records, novels, treaties, and other sources, Marion Girard examines the varied ways different sectors of British society viewed chemical warfare, from the industrialists who promoted their toxic weapons while maintaining private contro.
Studies in Media and Ideological Representation of Herders / Farmers Conflict in Nigeria
Author: Gbenga Ibileye
Publisher: African Books Collective
Published: 2023-05-05
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9786020472
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book features articles from a spectrum of perspectives that are considered of direct consequence for the discourse on the conflict between herders and farmers in Nigeria. These perspectives include those from the broad ambit of social sciences and, specifically, views from history and political science in order to provide a broad historical ground for the understanding of the century-old fissures between ethnic nationalities, which have burgeoned into contemporary conflicts and violence.
