Anzac journeys : returning to the battlefields of World War II / / Bruce Scates ; with Alexandra McCosker [and three others] [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Scates Bruce |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 307 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 940.540994 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Australia
World War, 1939-1945 - Battlefields - Australia |
ISBN |
1-107-27319-6
1-107-27394-3 1-107-27720-5 1-107-27517-2 1-139-19642-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; MAPS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; MONEY, MEASUREMENT AND TERMINOLOGY; Money; Measurement; Terminology; INTRODUCTION; 'This great sorrow'; PART 1 CAPTIVITY NARRATIVES; CHAPTER ONE 'IF ONLY I KNEW WHAT HAS BECOME OF HIM': The loss of Australia's prisoners of war; CHAPTER 2 WITNESS TO WAR: The first journeys; RECOVERY AND RETRIBUTION: WILLIAM STICPEWICH INVESTIGATES; RECOVERY AND REDEMPTION: A CHAPLAIN'S JOURNEY; RE-ENACTMENTS, REIMAGINING: SIMPSON'S DOCUMENTARY DRAMA; CHAPTER 3 BRING UP THE BODIES: Commemorating our war dead
CHAPTER 4 UNSPEAKABLE HISTORIES: From Singapore to Hellfire PassMEMORY TRACES; COMPOSING MEMORY; CONTESTED GROUND; GROUNDING MEMORY; CHAPTER 5 THE DEATH MARCH: Journeys back to Sandakan; CONNECTING TO PLACE; DISRUPTED JOURNEYS; PART 2 DESERT AND ISLAND; CHAPTER SIX DEATH IN THE DESERT: North Africa; WAR IN THE DESERT; A SELECT FEW; CHAPTER SEVEN A POST-WA R DREAM: Greece and Crete; DESCENDANTS' JOURNEYS; STUDENT PILGRIMAGES; PART 3 AIR AND SEA; CHAPTER EIGHT SEEKING THE UNKNOWN: Remembering Sydney; THE SINKING OF SYDNEY; WAYS OF REMEMBERING; FINDING THE WRECK CHAPTER NINE JOURNEYS INTO NIGHT: Bomber CommandOPS: BOMBER COMMAND'S MISION; 'FALLEN AIRMEN': THE FIRST COMMEMORATIONS; RECOVERING MEMORY: LOCAL COMMEMORATIONS; TOWARDS A NATIONAL MEMORIAL; 'FINDING MY FATHER': PILGRIMAGES WITH BOMBER COMMAND; PART 4 AUSTRALIA'S FRONT LINE; CHAPTER TEN WALKING THE TRAIL: Kokoda; THE PILGRIMS' WAY: EARLY JOURNEYS; 'WALKING IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS': EXPERIENCING KOKODA; JOURNEYS 'HOME'; CHAPTER ELEVEN A CITY AT WAR: Darwin; CONCLUSION; 'A great consolation?'; NOTES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 THE LOSS OF AUSTRALIA'S PRISONERS OF WAR; CHAPTER 2 THE FIRST JOURNEYS CHAPTER 3 COMMEMORATING OUR WAR DEADCHAPTER 4 FROM SINGAPORE TO HELLFIRE PASS; CHAPTER 5 JOURNEYS BACK TO SANDAKAN; CHAPTER 6 NORTH AFRICA; CHAPTER 7 GREECE AND CRETE; CHAPTER 8 REMEMBERING SYDNEY; CHAPTER 9 BOMBER COMMAND; CHAPTER 10 KOKODA; CHAPTER 11 DARWIN; CONCLUSION; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462832403321 |
Scates Bruce | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Anzac journeys : returning to the battlefields of World War II / / Bruce Scates ; with Alexandra McCosker [and three others] [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Scates Bruce |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 307 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 940.540994 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Australia
World War, 1939-1945 - Battlefields - Australia |
ISBN |
1-107-27319-6
1-107-27394-3 1-107-27720-5 1-107-27517-2 1-139-19642-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part One: Captivity narratives -- 'If only I knew what has become of him': the loss of Australia's prisoners of war -- Witness to war: the first journeys -- Bringing up the bodies: commemorating our war dead -- Unspeakable histories: from Singapore to Hellfire Pass -- The Death March: journeys back to Sandakan -- Part 2: Desert and Island -- Death in the desert: North Africa -- A post-war dream: Greece and Crete -- Part 3: Air and sea -- Seeking the unknown: remembering Sydney -- Journeys into night: bomber command -- Part 4: Australia's front line -- Walking the Trail: Kokoda -- A city at war: Darwin -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786966003321 |
Scates Bruce | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Anzac journeys : returning to the battlefields of World War II / / Bruce Scates ; with Alexandra McCosker [and three others] [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Scates Bruce |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 307 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 940.540994 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Australia
World War, 1939-1945 - Battlefields - Australia |
ISBN |
1-107-27319-6
1-107-27394-3 1-107-27720-5 1-107-27517-2 1-139-19642-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part One: Captivity narratives -- 'If only I knew what has become of him': the loss of Australia's prisoners of war -- Witness to war: the first journeys -- Bringing up the bodies: commemorating our war dead -- Unspeakable histories: from Singapore to Hellfire Pass -- The Death March: journeys back to Sandakan -- Part 2: Desert and Island -- Death in the desert: North Africa -- A post-war dream: Greece and Crete -- Part 3: Air and sea -- Seeking the unknown: remembering Sydney -- Journeys into night: bomber command -- Part 4: Australia's front line -- Walking the Trail: Kokoda -- A city at war: Darwin -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820518603321 |
Scates Bruce | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The last battle : soldier settlement in Australia, 1916-1939 / / Bruce Scates and Melanie Oppenheimer ; with research assistance by Will Frances [and others] [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Scates Bruce |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Melbourne : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 338.1/0994 |
Soggetto topico |
Agricultural colonies - Australia - History - 20th century
Veterans - Australia - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato | Australian |
ISBN |
1-316-87004-9
1-316-87009-X 1-316-87014-6 1-316-87034-0 1-316-40876-0 1-316-87019-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Contents; Note to readers; Images; Acknowledgements; Introduction 'A Land Fit for Heroes': Implementing soldier settlement in Australia; Part 1: Managing the Men; 1 'When the Inspector Calls': The yeoman quest; 2 'Men on the Margins': Suspect soldiers ; 3 'I Intend to Get Justice': Moral economy ; Part 2: Battling the Land; 4 'Droughts and Flooding Rains': Markets and the seasons ; 5 'A Land only Fit for Rabbits': Environmental degradation; Part 3: Damaged Men; 6 'War Wrecked': Sending cripples to the country
7 'From the Farm to the Asylum': Mad and 'nervy' menPart 4: Getting On; 8 'Taking on a Holding': Women and families on the land; 9 'Settling Down': Successful soldier settlers ; Notes; Select bibliography; Index; Plates |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136597803321 |
Scates Bruce | ||
Melbourne : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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