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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817339503321

Titolo

Endurance and the First World War : experiences and legacies in New Zealand and Australia / / edited by David Monger, Sarah Murray and Katie Pickles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6838-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Disciplina

940.3

940.3/47

940.40993

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, New Zealand

World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Australian

World War, 1914-1918 - New Zealand - Psychological aspects

World War, 1914-1918 - Australia - Psychological aspects

World War, 1914-1918 - Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; SECTION I; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; SECTION II; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; SECTION III; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; SECTION IV; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; SECTION V; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Endurance was an inherent part of the First World War. The chapters in this collection explore the concept in New Zealand and Australia. Researchers from a range of backgrounds and disciplines address what it meant for New Zealanders and Australians to endure the First World War, and how the war endured through the Twentieth Century. Soldiers and civilians alike endured hardship, discomfort, fears and anxieties during the war. Officials and organisations faced unprecedented



demands on their...