Histories, Memories and Representations of Being Young in the First World War

by Maggie Andrews

Book Overview

This book seeks to place children and young people centrally within the study of the contemporary British home front, its cultural representations and its place in the historical memory of the First World War. This edited collection interrogates not only war and its effects on children and young people, but how understandings of this conflict have shaped or been shaped by historical memories of the Great War, which have only allowed for several tropes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030499413
• ISBN13: 9783030499419
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"