Memorials of the Great War in Britain: The Symbolism and Politics of Remembrance

by Alex King

Book Overview

Taking as its focus memorials of the First World War in Britain, this book brings a fresh approach to the study of public symbols by exploring how different motives for commemorating the dead were reconciled through the processes of local politics to create a widely valued form of collective expression. It examines how the memorials were produced, what was said about them, how support for them was mobilized and behaviour around them regulated. These...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859739881
• ISBN13: 9781859739884
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"