Scotland and the First World War : myth, memory, and the legacy of Bannockburn /

Scotland and the First World War : myth, memory, and the legacy of Bannockburn /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Lewisburg, [PA] : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2017.
Description:	xxvi, 255 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Aperçus : histories texts cultures : a Bucknell series Aperçus (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Subject:	Bannockburn, Battle of (Scotland : 1314) World War (1914-1918) World War, 1914-1918 -- Scotland. Bannockburn, Battle of, Scotland, 1314 -- Anniversaries, etc. Bannockburn, Battle of, Scotland, 1314 -- Influence. Collective memory -- Scotland -- History. War memorials -- Scotland -- History. Myth -- Social aspects -- Scotland -- History. Nationalism -- Scotland -- History. War and society -- Scotland -- History. Anniversaries. Collective memory. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Nationalism. War and society. War memorials. Scotland. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10944148

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Other authors / contributors:	Plain, Gill, editor of compilation.
ISBN:	9781611487763 1611487765 9781611487787 1611487781
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Online version: Scotland and the First World War Lanham, Maryland : Bucknell University Press ; Co-published by The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2017 9781611487770

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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	xxvi, 255 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781611487763 1611487765 9781611487787 1611487781