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Record Nr.

UNINA9910669854003321

Autore

Holbrook Carolyn

Titolo

Anzac : the unauthorised biography / / Carolyn Holbrook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, [Australia] : , : NewSouth, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-74224-700-8

1-74224-181-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

940.109235

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Historiography

World War, 1914-1918 - Australia - Historiography

World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Australian

Nationalism and collective memory - Australia

Electronic books.

Australia Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; The Anzac Ascendancy; 1. Before 1914: Nationalism and War; 2. 1916-1936: Early Histories of the Great War; 3. 1920s-1930s: The Great War in Australian Literature; 4. 1940s-1960s: Marxism and Memory of the Great War; 5. 1965-1985: The fall and Rise of Memory of the Great War; 6. 1980s-present: The Great War as Family History; 7. Since 1990: Politicians and Commemoration of the Great War; Epilogue; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Raise a glass for an Anzac. Run for an Anzac. Camp under the stars for an Anzac. Is there anything Australians won't do to keep the Anzac legend at the centre of our national story?But standing firm on the other side of the Anzac enthusiasts is a chorus of critics claiming that the appetite for Anzac is militarising our history and indoctrinating our children. So how are we to make sense of this struggle over how we remember the Great War? Anzac, the Unauthorised Biography cuts through the clamour to provide a much-needed historical perspective



on the battle over Anzac. It traces how, since 19