The Great War and memory in Irish culture, 1918-2010 / / Jason R. Myers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460721303321
• Autore: Myers Jason <1981->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bethesda : , : Academica Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.3/415
• Soggetti: World War, 1914-1918 - Ireland - Influence; Memorials - Ireland; Electronic books.; Ireland History 20th century; Ireland History 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on the author's doctoral dissertation for Loyola University Chicago.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : The Great War and memory in Irish culture -- Service rewards : housing, unemployment, and ex-servicemen in Ireland, 1919-1939 -- Not a day of rejoicing: the evolution of Remembrance Day and the poppy appeal in Ireland, 1919-1939 -- Building an Irish identity : Great War memorials in Ireland, 1919-1939 -- Keeping the home fires burning : memory and the Great War in Irish popular culture, 1919-1939 -- "Waltzing" to a new understanding of the Great War, 1939-1987 -- Creating "a future together" : the resurrection of Great War memory in Ireland since 1987.