Situating the Belgian Congo in Belgium’s First World War Centenary
As in other countries, the surge of interest in Great War commemoration in Belgium has taken many by surprise. Public engagement in 2014 was undeniable: exhibitions were visited, special newspaper editions were bought, documentaries were watched and elaborate commemorations attended. Public demand for knowledge of the First World War was driven by a desire to situate family and local history within wider themes of the War. In the course of such commemoration, Belgians rediscovered the horror .
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Dokumenttyp: | bookPart |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
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Liverpool University Press
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Schlagwörter: | nationalisme / commémoration / Première Guerre mondiale / imaginaire / impérialisme / race / empire / état-nation / History / HIS037070 / HBLW |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28501371 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://books.openedition.org/pup/49793 |