Nations, Identities and the First World War
Shifting Loyalties to the Fatherland
Published on 12. July 2018
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-350-03643-7 (ISBN)
Description
Nations, Identities and the First World War examines the changing perceptions and attitudes about the nation and the fatherland by different social, ethnic, political and religious groups during the conflict and its aftermath. The book combines chapters on broad topics like propaganda state formation, town and nation, and minorities at war, with more specific case studies in order to deepen our understanding of how processes of national identification supported the cultures of total war in Europe. This transnational volume also reveals and develops a range of insightful connections between the themes it covers, as well as between different groups within Europe and different countries and regions, including Western and Eastern Europe, the Ottoman Empire and colonial territories. It is a vital study for all students and scholars of the First World War.
Reviews / Votes
This well-researched and sweeping volume fittingly commemorates the centenary of the armistice and celebrates decades of productive academic work that has enriched our understanding of how modern national identities were formed ... Wouters and Ypersele's book is a superb work that demonstrates how comparative and transnational methodologies can furnish rich insights into the character of early twentieth-century nationalism, the complex nature of wartime loyalty, and the powerful forces that drive people to redefine their identities. * H-CivWar * This book adds in important ways to our knowledge of the multiple facets of loyalties to nation, empire, people, and place, and about the effect of the 1914-18 conflict on inclusions and exclusions in wartime and in its aftermath. * Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History Emeritus, Yale University, USA *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
7 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
621 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-03643-7 (9781350036437)
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Shifting Loyalties to the Fatherland
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Persons
Nico Wouters is Director of the Centre for War and Contemporary Society (State Archives Belgium) and Guest Lecturer at the University of Ghent, Belgium. He is the co-editor of The Handbook of State Sponsored History after 1945 (2018), the author of Mayoral Collaboration under Nazi Occupation in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, 1938-46 (2016) and the editor of Transitional Justice and Memory in Europe (1945-2013) (2014). He is also Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Belgian History.
Laurence van Ypersele is Professor of Contemporary History at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. She is also a board member on the international research committee of the Historial de la Grande Guerre of Peronne, France. She is the author and co-author of several French-language books in the area of war and memory.
Laurence van Ypersele is Professor of Contemporary History at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. She is also a board member on the international research committee of the Historial de la Grande Guerre of Peronne, France. She is the author and co-author of several French-language books in the area of war and memory.
Content
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Nations, Identities and the First World War: Introduction - Nico Wouters (Centre for War and Contemporary Society, Belgium) and Laurence Van Ypersele (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)
Part I - The Fatherland of the Other
1. Patriotism and the Enemy: Political Identity as a Weapon - John Horne (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
2. From Propaganda to National Identity Construction in Turkey - Erol Koeroglu (Bogazici University, Turkey)
3. The Italian Case: The Ambiguities of a Nationalist Cultural Mobilization - Marco Mondini (Italian-German Historical Institute, Italy)
4. How the Great War Changed the Mental Map of the Prussian Poles - Jens Boysen (German Historical Institute Warsaw, Poland)
Part II - The Limits of Nationalization
5. Popular Nationalism, State Forms and Modernity - John Breuilly (London School of Economics, UK)
6. Questions of Nationalization in the Habsburg Monarchy - Laurence Cole (University of Salzburg, Austria)
7. The Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the Limits of Nationalization in Southeastern Europe - Nikolai Vukov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)
8. The Layering of Belgian National Identities during the First World War - Barbara Deruytter (Ghent University, Belgium)
Part III - Minorities in and at War
9. Minorities in and at War: Exposure, Persecution, Reaction - Peter Gatrell (University of Manchester, UK)
10. Creating 'Fatherlands' in the Balkans: The Case of Greece - Emilia Salvanou (Hellenic Open University, Greece)
11. Nationalism and Racism in Franco-German Controversies about Colonial Soldiers - Christian Koller (Swiss Social Archives, Switzerland)
Part IV - Town and Nation
12. An Urban Geography of the World at War - Pierre Purseigle (University of Warwick, UK)
13. Paris under the Bombs: Urban Experiences of Localism and National Identity - Elise Julien (Sciences Po Lille, France)
14. The Transformation of the Serbian National Capital through War and Occupation - Jovana Knezevic (Stanford University, USA)
Bibliography
Index
Nations, Identities and the First World War: Introduction - Nico Wouters (Centre for War and Contemporary Society, Belgium) and Laurence Van Ypersele (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)
Part I - The Fatherland of the Other
1. Patriotism and the Enemy: Political Identity as a Weapon - John Horne (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
2. From Propaganda to National Identity Construction in Turkey - Erol Koeroglu (Bogazici University, Turkey)
3. The Italian Case: The Ambiguities of a Nationalist Cultural Mobilization - Marco Mondini (Italian-German Historical Institute, Italy)
4. How the Great War Changed the Mental Map of the Prussian Poles - Jens Boysen (German Historical Institute Warsaw, Poland)
Part II - The Limits of Nationalization
5. Popular Nationalism, State Forms and Modernity - John Breuilly (London School of Economics, UK)
6. Questions of Nationalization in the Habsburg Monarchy - Laurence Cole (University of Salzburg, Austria)
7. The Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the Limits of Nationalization in Southeastern Europe - Nikolai Vukov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)
8. The Layering of Belgian National Identities during the First World War - Barbara Deruytter (Ghent University, Belgium)
Part III - Minorities in and at War
9. Minorities in and at War: Exposure, Persecution, Reaction - Peter Gatrell (University of Manchester, UK)
10. Creating 'Fatherlands' in the Balkans: The Case of Greece - Emilia Salvanou (Hellenic Open University, Greece)
11. Nationalism and Racism in Franco-German Controversies about Colonial Soldiers - Christian Koller (Swiss Social Archives, Switzerland)
Part IV - Town and Nation
12. An Urban Geography of the World at War - Pierre Purseigle (University of Warwick, UK)
13. Paris under the Bombs: Urban Experiences of Localism and National Identity - Elise Julien (Sciences Po Lille, France)
14. The Transformation of the Serbian National Capital through War and Occupation - Jovana Knezevic (Stanford University, USA)
Bibliography
Index