Description
| Product ID: | 9781611487787 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Scotland and the First World War |
| Subtitle: | Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Bannockburn |
| Authors: | Author: Gill Plain |
| Page Count: | 284 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Social and cultural history, First World War, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Social & cultural history, First World War, Scotland, c 1900 - c 1914 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating What did war look like in the cultural imagination of 1914? Why did men in Scotland sign up to fight in unprecedented numbers? What were the martial myths shaping Scottish identity from the aftermath of Bannockburn to the close of the nineteenth century, and what did the Scottish soldiers of the First World War think they were fighting for? Scotland and the First World War: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Bannockburn is a collection of new interdisciplinary essays interrogating the trans-historical myths of nation, belonging and martial identity that shaped Scotland’s encounter with the First World War. In a series of thematically linked essays, experts from the fields of literature, history and cultural studies examine how Scotland remembers war, and how remembering war has shaped Scotland. What did war look like in the cultural imagination of 1914? Why did men in Scotland sign up to fight in unprecedented numbers? What were the martial myths shaping Scottish identity from the aftermath of Bannockburn to the close of the nineteenth century, and what did the Scottish soldiers of the First World War think they were fighting for? Scotland and the First World War: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Bannockburn is a collection of new interdisciplinary essays interrogating the trans-historical myths of nation, belonging and martial identity that shaped Scotland’s encounter with the First World War. In a series of thematically linked essays, experts from the fields of literature, history and cultural studies examine how Scotland remembers war, and how remembering war has shaped Scotland. |
| Imprint Name: | Bucknell University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Bucknell University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-11-14 |
