Author: William Logan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134051492
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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Places of Pain and Shame is a cross-cultural study of sites that represent painful and/or shameful episodes in a national or local community’s history, and the ways that government agencies, heritage professionals and the communities themselves seek to remember, commemorate and conserve these cases – or, conversely, choose to forget them. Such episodes and locations include: massacre and genocide sites, places related to prisoners of war, civil and political prisons, and places of ‘benevolent’ internment such as leper colonies and lunatic asylums. These sites bring shame upon us now for the cruelty and futility of the events that occurred within them and the ideologies they represented. They are however increasingly being regarded as ‘heritage sites’, a far cry from the view of heritage that prevailed a generation ago when we were almost entirely concerned with protecting the great and beautiful creations of the past, reflections of the creative genius of humanity rather than the reverse – the destructive and cruel side of history. Why has this shift occurred, and what implications does it have for professionals practicing in the heritage field? In what ways is this a ‘difficult’ heritage to deal with? This volume brings together academics and practitioners to explore these questions, covering not only some of the practical matters, but also the theoretical and conceptual issues, and uses case studies of historic places, museums and memorials from around the globe, including the United States, Northern Ireland, Poland, South Africa, China, Japan, Taiwan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Timor and Australia.
Author: Alex Dowdall
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192598155
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
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Between 1914 and 1918, the Western Front passed through some of Europe's most populated and industrialised regions. Large towns including Nancy, Reims, Arras, and Lens lay at the heart of the battlefield. Their civilian inhabitants endured artillery bombardment, military occupation, and material hardship. Many fled for the safety of the French interior, but others lived under fire for much of the war, ensuring the Western Front remained a joint civil-military space. Communities under Fire explores the wartime experiences of civilians on both sides of the Western Front, and uncovers how urban communities responded to the dramatic impact of industrialized war. It discusses how war shaped civilians' personal and collective identities, and explores how the experiences of military violence, occupation, and forced displacement structured the attitudes of civilians at the front towards the rest of the nation. Drawing on a vast array of archival sources, letters, diaries, and newspapers in English, French, and German, it reveals the history of the Western Front from the perspective of its civilian inhabitants. From Leningrad to Warsaw, Hamburg, and, more recently, Sarajevo and Donetsk, urban violence has remained a feature of warfare in Europe, turning cities into battlefields. On each occasion, civilian populations were at the heart of military operations, and forced to adapt to life in a warzone. This was also the case between 1914 and 1918, despite the myth that the First World War was predominantly a soldiers' war. The civilian inhabitants of the Western Front were among the first to suffer the full impact of modern, industrialized war in an urban setting. Communities under Fire explains the multiple ways by which these urban residents responded to, were changed by, succumbed to, or survived the enormous pressures of life in a warzone.
Author: C. B. Norman
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736408714
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 683
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From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII. London Maida, July 4, 1806. Mediterranean. Mediterranean, 1901-02. The War of the Spanish Succession. Blenheim, August 2, 1704. Ramillies, May 12, 1706. Oudenarde, June 30, 1708. Malplaquet, September 11, 1709. Dettingen, June 27, 1743. Minden, August 1, 1759. Emsdorff, July 16, 1760. Warburg, July 31, 1760. Wilhelmstahl, June 24, 1762. Louisburg, July 25, 1758. Quebec, September 12, 1759. Monte Video, 1807. Detroit Queenstown Miami Niagara Bladensburg, August 24, 1814. Arcot, August 31, 1751. Plassey, June 23, 1757. Condore, December 9, 1758. Masulipatam, April 8, 1759. Badara, November 25, 1759. Wandewash, January 22, 1760. Pondicherry, 1761, 1778, 1793. Buxar, October 23, 1764. Rohilcund, 1774. The Carnatic. Guzerat, 1778-1782. Sholinghur, September 27, 1781. Mangalore, 1783. Mysore. Nundy Droog, October 19, 1791. Rohilcund, 1794. Seedaseer, March 6, 1799. Seringapatam, May 4, 1799. Lincelles, August 18, 1793. Nieuport, October, 1793. Villers-en-Couches, April 24, 1794. Beaumont, April 26, 1794. Willems, May 10, 1794. Tournay, May 22, 1794. Egmont-op-Zee, October 2, 1799. Guadeloupe, 1759. Martinique, 1762. Havana. St. Lucia, 1778. Martinique, 1794. St. Lucia, 1794. St. Lucia, 1796. Surinam, 1804. Dominica, 1805. Martinique, 1809. Guadeloupe, 1810. Egypt (with the Sphinx). Mandora, March 13, 1802. Marabout, August 17, 1802. Egypt, 1882. Tel-el-Kebir, September 12, 1882. Nile, 1884-85. Abu Klea, January 28, 1885. Kirbekan, February 10, 1885. Suakin, 1885.[11] Tofrek, March 22, 1885. Hafir. Atbara, April 8, 1898. Khartoum, 1898. Ally-Ghur, September 3, 1803. Delhi, September 11, 1803. Assaye, September 23, 1803. Laswarree, November 1, 1803. Deig, November 13 to December 23, 1804. Cochin, 1809. Roleia, August 17, 1808. Vimiera, August 21, 1808. Sahagun, December 21, 1808. Corunna, January 16, 1809. Douro. Busaco, September 27, 1810. Barrosa, March 4, 1811. Fuentes d'Onor, May 5, 1811. Albuera, May 16, 1811. Almaraz, May 19, 1811. Arroyos dos Molinos, October 28, 1811. Tarifa, December, 1811. Ciudad Rodrigo, January, 1812. Badajoz, March and April, 1812. Salamanca, July 22, 1812. Vittoria, June 21, 1813. Pyrenees, July 28 to August 2, 1813. San Sebastian, August, 1813. Nivelle, November 10, 1813. Nive, December 9 to 13, 1813. Orthes, February 27, 1814. Toulouse, April 10, 1814. Peninsula, 1808-1814. Waterloo, June 18, 1815. The Order of the Bath. Kirkee, November 5, 1817. Seetabuldee, November 26, 1817. Nagpore, December 16, 1817. Maheidpore, December 23, 1817. Corygaum, January 1, 1818. Nowah, January 21, 1819. Medal for the Second Mahratta War. Bhurtpore, January, 1826. Hindoostan. India. Amboyna, 1796 and 1810. Ternate, 1801 and 1810. Banda, 1796 and 1810. Arabia, 1809. Bourbon, July 8, 1810.[18] Java, 1811. Persian Gulf, 1819. Beni Boo Alli, March, 1821. Aden, 1839. Persia, 1856-57. Bushire, December 5, 1856. Reshire, December 7, 1856. Koosh-ab, February 8, 1857. Ava, 1824-1826. Kemmendine, November 30 to December 9, 1824. Arracan, 1825. Pegu. Burmah, 1885-1887. Afghanistan. Ghuznee, 1839. Khelat, November 13, 1839. Kahun, 1840. Jelalabad. Khelat-i-Ghilzai. Cutchee, 1839-1842.[22] Scinde, 1843. Meeanee, February 17, 1843. Hyderabad, March 24, 1843. Maharajpore and Punniar, December 29, 1843. Moodkee, December 18, 1845. Ferozeshah, December 21, 1845. Aliwal, January 28, 1868. Sobraon, February 10, 1846. Punjaub. Chillianwallah, January 13, 1849. Mooltan, January, 1849. Goojerat, February 21, 1849. Alma, September 20, 1854. Inkerman, November 5, 1854. Sevastopol. The Victoria Cross. Delhi, May to September, 1857. Lucknow. Relief of Lucknow by Sir Colin Campbell, November, 1857. Siege and Capture of Lucknow. Central India, 1857 ...
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