03281nam 2200661 a 450 991045002700332120200520144314.01-4725-7808-21-84520-739-4(CKB)1000000000000844(EBL)1609926(SSID)ssj0000277173(PQKBManifestationID)11212965(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277173(PQKBWorkID)10234034(PQKB)11716501(MiAaPQ)EBC1609926(Au-PeEL)EBL1609926(CaPaEBR)ebr10006771(CaONFJC)MIL645413(OCoLC)893336399(EXLCZ)99100000000000084419981016d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBattlefield tourism[electronic resource] pilgrimage and the commemoration of the Great War in Britain, Australia, and Canada, 1919-1939 /by David W. LloydOxford [England] ;New York Berg19981 online resource (433 p.)The legacy of the Great WarDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-14158-4 1-85973-174-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-245) and index.Cover Page; Halftitle Page; Title Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Tourism and Pilgrimage, 1860-1939; 2 'Just What 'Ave We Won?' Pilgrimages to the Cenotaph and the Grave of the Unknown Warrior; 3 'Murder on Show'? Travel to the Battlefields of the Great War; 4 'A Deeper Awareness of the War and its Import': Pilgrimages to the Battlefields of the Great War; 5 Tourism, Pilgrimage and the Commemoration of the Great War in Australia and Canada, 1919-1939; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Footnotes; intro; ch01; ch02; ch03; ch04; ch05conclusionImprint PageIn the aftermath of the Great War, a wave of tourists and pilgrims visited the battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of the war. The cultural history of this 'battlefield tourism' is chronicled in this absorbing and original book, which shows how the phenomenon served to construct memory in Britain, as well as in Australia and Canada. The author demonstrates that high and low culture, tradition and modernism, the sacred and the profane were often inter-related, rather than polar opposites. The various responses to the actual and imagined landscapes of battlefields are discussed, as well as beLegacy of the Great War.World War, 1914-1918BattlefieldsWorld War, 1914-1918VeteransTravelWorld War, 1914-1918InfluenceBattlefieldsElectronic books.World War, 1914-1918Battlefields.World War, 1914-1918VeteransTravel.World War, 1914-1918Influence.Battlefields.940.3Lloyd David Wharton960136MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450027003321Battlefield tourism2176169UNINA