The world in world wars : experiences, perceptions and perspectives from Africa and Asia /
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| Imprint: | Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, ©2010. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 613 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in global social history ; v. 5 Studies in global social history ; v. 5. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11257712 |
| Summary: | The volume situates itself within the growing field of research on the global social history of the World Wars. By investigating social and cultural aspects of these wars in African, South Asian and Middle Eastern societies it aims at recovering both the diversity of perspectives and their intersections. Drawing substantially on new sources such as oral accounts, propaganda material and artistic representations, the publication investigates the experiences of combatants and civilians on the frontline and in the rear of the front. It studies spontaneous and organized responses manifested in public debates, propaganda activities, and in individual and collective memories. Questioning conventional periodizations and discussing both wars together, the book analyses broader implications of the wars for African and Asian societies which resulted in significant social and political transformations. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 613 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-602) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004188471 9004188479 1283126710 9781283126717 9786613126719 6613126713 9789004185456 9004185453 |