Nations, Identities and the First World War
Nations, Identities and the First World War

Author: Nico Wouters

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-07-12

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1350036455

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Nations, Identities and the First World War examines the changing perceptions and attitudes about the nation and the fatherland by different social, ethnic, political and religious groups during the conflict and its aftermath. The book combines chapters on broad topics like propaganda state formation, town and nation, and minorities at war, with more specific case studies in order to deepen our understanding of how processes of national identification supported the cultures of total war in Europe. This transnational volume also reveals and develops a range of insightful connections between the themes it covers, as well as between different groups within Europe and different countries and regions, including Western and Eastern Europe, the Ottoman Empire and colonial territories. It is a vital study for all students and scholars of the First World War.

Women's Identities at War
Women's Identities at War

Author: Susan R. Grayzel

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2014-03-19

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1469620812

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There are few moments in history when the division between the sexes seems as "natural" as during wartime: men go off to the "war front," while women stay behind on the "home front." But the very notion of the home front was an invention of the First World War, when, for the first time, "home" and "domestic" became adjectives that modified the military term "front." Such an innovation acknowledged the significant and presumably new contributions of civilians, especially women, to the war effort. Yet, as Susan Grayzel argues, throughout the war, traditional notions of masculinity and femininity survived, primarily through the maintenance of--and indeed reemphasis on--soldiering and mothering as the core of gender and national identities. Drawing on sources that range from popular fiction and war memorials to newspapers and legislative debates, Grayzel analyzes the effects of World War I on ideas about civic participation, national service, morality, sexuality, and identity in wartime Britain and France. Despite the appearance of enormous challenges to gender roles due to the upheavals of war, the forces of stability prevailed, she says, demonstrating the Western European gender system's remarkable resilience.

The Boundaries of the State in Modern Britain
The Boundaries of the State in Modern Britain

Author: S. J. D. Green

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-08-08

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780521522229

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This innovative book provides an essential historical perspective on the boundaries of the state in modern Britain. At a time of intense debate about the state, the collection of interdisciplinary studies gathered here emphasizes the sheer variety of public involvement in British life, the ebb and flow of that involvement and its dynamics, and the wider implications this has for civil society and intellectual life. These new essays contribute to current debates not only by providing a historical analysis but also by looking to future developments.

The First World War and German National Identity
The First World War and German National Identity

Author: Jan Vermeiren

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-07-18

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 1107031672

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An innovative study of the impact of the wartime alliance between Imperial Germany and Austria-Hungary on German national identity.

Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe
Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe

Author: Brian Jenkins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1134805810

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The resilience of nationalism in contemporary Europe may seem paradoxical at a time when the nation state is widely seen as being 'in decline'. The contributors of this book see the resurgence of nationalism as symptomatic of the quest for identity and meaning in the complex modern world. Challenged from above by the supranational imperatives of globalism and from below by the complex pluralism of modern societies, the nation state, in the absence of alternatives to market consumerism, remains a focus for social identity. Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe takes a fully interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the 'national question'. Individual chapters consider the specifics of national identity in France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Iberia, Russia, the former Yugoslavla and Poland, while looking also at external forces such as economic globalisation, European supranationalism, and the end of the Cold War. Setting current issues and conflicts in their broad historical context, the book reaffirms that 'nations' are not 'natural' phenomena but 'constructed' forms of social identity whose future will be determined in the social arena.

National Collective Identity
National Collective Identity

Author: Rodney Bruce Hall

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780231111515

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Hall illustrates how centuries-old dynastic traditions have been replaced in the modern era by nationalist and ethnic identity movements.

The Korean War in Britain
The Korean War in Britain

Author: Grace Huxford

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2018-05-20

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1526118971

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The Korean War in Britain explores the social and cultural impact of the Korean War (1950–53) on Britain. Coming just five years after the ravages of the Second World War, Korea was a deeply unsettling moment in post-war British history. From allegations about American use of ‘germ’ warfare to anxiety over Communist use of ‘brainwashing’ and treachery at home, the Korean War precipitated a series of short-lived panics in 1950s Britain. But by the time of its uneasy ceasefire in 1953, the war was becoming increasingly forgotten. Using Mass Observation surveys, letters, diaries and a wide range of under-explored contemporary material, this book charts the war’s changing position in British popular imagination and asks how it became known as the ‘Forgotten War’. It explores the war in a variety of viewpoints – conscript, POW, protester and veteran – and is essential reading for anyone interested in Britain’s Cold War past.

European Identity and the Second World War
European Identity and the Second World War

Author: Menno Spiering

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-03-08

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0230306942

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The two concepts at the centre of this book: Europe, and the Second World War, are constantly changing in public perception. Now that 'Europe' is an even more contested idea than ever, this volume informs the current discourse on European identity by analysing Europe's reaction to the tragedy, heroism and disgrace of the Second World War.

New Zealand And The World: Past, Present And Future
New Zealand And The World: Past, Present And Future

Author: Robert G Patman

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2017-12-28

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 9813232412

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The aim of this book is to provide the reader with an overview of New Zealand's international relations. It is a country that has often shown an international presence that is out of proportion to the modest spectrum of national economic, military and diplomatic capabilities at its disposal.In this volume, the editors have called upon a range of specialists representing a range of views drawn from the worlds of academia, policy-making, and civil society. It is an attempt to present a rounded picture of New Zealand's place in the world, one that does not rely exclusively on any particular perspective. The book does not claim to be exhaustive. But it does seek to present a more wide-ranging treatment of New Zealand's foreign relations than has generally been the case in the past.Five broad themes help shape and organize the contributions to the text:

The New Nationalism and the First World War
The New Nationalism and the First World War

Author: L. Rosenthal

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2014-10-29

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781137462770

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The New Nationalism and the First World War is an edited volume dedicated to a transnational study of the features of the turn-of-the-century nationalism, its manifestations in social and political arenas and the arts, and its influence on the development of the global-scale conflict that was the First World War.