Belgian Museums Of The Great War

Author : Karen Shelby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317377528

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Belgian Museums of the Great War by Karen Shelby Pdf

Belgian Museums of the Great War: Politics, Memory, and Commerce examines the handling of the centennial of World War I by several museums along the Western Front in Flanders, Belgium. In the twenty-first century, the museum has become a strategic space for negotiating ownership of and access to knowledge produced in local settings. The specific focus on museums and commemorative events in Flanders allows for an in-depth evaluation of how each museum works with the remembrance and tourist industry in the region while carving a unique niche. Belgian Museums of the Great War writes the history of these institutions, analyzes the changes made in advance of the anniversary years, and considers the site-specificity of each institution and its architectural frame. Since museums not only transmit information but also shape knowledge, as Eileen Hooper-Greenhill has noted, the diverse narratives and community programs sponsored by each museum have served to challenge prior historiographies of the war. Through newly revamped interactive environments, self-guided learning, and an emphasis on the landscape, the museums in Flanders have a significant role to play in the ever-changing dialogue on the meaning of the history and remembrance of the Great War.

Author : Karen D. Shelby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Historical museums
ISBN : 1138941050

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Belgian Museums of the Great War by Karen D. Shelby Pdf

The materiality of the Great War -- The weapons of the Great War -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 9. Conclusion: tourism and remembrance -- Tourism plus: an ethically driven program -- Tourism: a calculated seductive process -- Souvenirs: marketing the First World War -- Documenting success -- Post-centenary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Author : Pierre Lierneux,Natasja Peeters
Publisher : Lannoo Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-31
Category : Belgium
ISBN : 9401455295

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Beyond the Great War by Pierre Lierneux,Natasja Peeters Pdf

On 11 November 1918 the guns on the Western Front finally fell silent. In this insightful book, some of Belgium's most renowned historians explain how their country struggled back to its feet after four long years of wartime misery. Many towns and villages had been razed to the ground, factories had been plundered, and harbour installations destroyed. Unemployment was at unprecedented levels, there was an acute shortage of food, and sickness and disease weakened the population. This thoughtful series of essays by leading military, political and social historians chart the immense toll the war took on all aspects of Belgian life, and explore how post-war economic and social changes ushered in the Roaring Twenties; the colourful, frivolous, flamboyant and turbulent decade that was characterised by the rise of the avant-garde, jazz, flapper dresses, and the emergence of modern media such as radio, film and photography. Published to accompany an exhibition organised by the War Heritage Institute at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military HIstory in Brussels - 21 September, 2018 - 11 October, 2019. Contributions by Michaël Amara, Franky Bostyn, Christoph Brüll, Erik Buyst, Rik Coolsaet, Jeroen Cornilly, Karolien De Clippel, Matthijs de Ridder, Luc De Vos, Wannes Devos, Géry Dumoulin, Manuel Duran, Emmanuel Gerard, Kevin Gony, Serge Jaumain, Michel Jaupart, Chantal Kesteloot, Catherine Lanneau, Delphine Lauwers, Enika Ngongo, Marc Reynebeau, Martin Schoups, Serge Servellón, Tom Simoens, Jean-Michel Sterkendries, Jan Van der Fraenen, Christine Van Everbroeck, Laurence van Ypersele, Piet Veldeman and Antoon Vrints. SELLING POINTS: * Accompanies an exhibition organised by the War Heritage Institute at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels - 21 September, 2018 - 11 October, 2019 * An in-depth consideration of post WWI Belgium, and the transformative Roaring Twenties 100 b/w images

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Military supplies
ISBN : 3902526750

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The Belgian Army in the Great War by Anonim Pdf

Author : Amanda Betts
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780345810274

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In Flanders Fields: 100 Years by Amanda Betts Pdf

A beautifully designed collection of essays on war, loss and remembrance to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the writing of Canada's most famous poem. In early 1915, the death of a young friend on the battlefields of Ypres inspired Canadian soldier, field surgeon and poet John McCrae to write "In Flanders Fields." Within months of the poem's December 1915 publication in the British magazine Punch it became part of the collective consciousness in North America and Europe, and its extraordinary power has endured over the decades and across generations. In this anthology, Canada's finest historians, novelists and poets contemplate the evolving meaning of the poem; the man who wrote it and the World War I setting from which it emerged; its themes of valour, grief and remembrance; and the iconic image of the poppy. Among the thirteen contributors: Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire (ret'd) writes about the emotional meaning of the poem for war veterans; Tim Cook describes the rich and varied life of McCrae; Frances Itani revisits her time in Flanders, and mines the acts of witnessing and remembering; Kevin Patterson offers a riveting depiction of the adrenaline-fueled work of a WWI field surgeon; Mary Janigan reveals the poem's surprisingly divisive effect during the 1917 federal election; Ken Dryden tells us how lines from the poem ended up on the wall of the Montreal Canadiens' dressing room; and Patrick Lane recalls a Remembrance Day from his childhood in a moving reflection on how war shapes us all. Gorgeously designed in full colour with archival and contemporary images, In Flanders Fields: 100 Years will reflect and illuminate the importance of art in how we process war and loss.

Author : Inga Rossi-Schrimpf
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789462701366

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14/18 – Rupture or Continuity by Inga Rossi-Schrimpf Pdf

The impact of the Great War and its aftermath on Belgian artistic life World War I had a major effect on Belgian visual arts. German occupation, the horror at the battlefield and the experience of exile led to multiple narratives and artistic expressions by Belgian artists during and after the war. Belgian interbellum art is extremely vibrant and diverse. 14/18 – Rupture or Continuity takes a look at Belgian artistic life in the years around the First World War and how it was affected by this event. The Great War was a catalyst of artistic oppositions, leading on the one hand to a Belgian avant-garde that explored new forms and styles, while continuing to uphold a more traditional and established art on the other. Whereas the war experience consolidated an already present style for some artists, for others it constituted a revolution leading to new artistic adventures. The collection of essays in the present book highlights these contrasting facets of Belgian art in its rich historical context during the early 20th century.

Author : Felicity Rash,Christophe Declercq
Publisher : Springer
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319731087

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The Great War in Belgium and the Netherlands by Felicity Rash,Christophe Declercq Pdf

This book addresses the many avenues that are still left unexplored when it comes to our understanding of the First World War in the Low Countries. With the ongoing the centenary of the Great War, many events have been organized in the United Kingdom to commemorate its military events, its socio-political consequences, and its cultural legacy. Of these events, very few have paid attention to the fates of Belgium or the Netherlands, even though it was the invasion of Belgium in August 1914 that was the catalyst for Great Britain declaring war. The occupation of Belgium had long-term consequences for its people, but much of the military and social history of the Western Front concentrates on northern France, and the Netherlands is largely forgotten as a nation affected by the First World War. By opening the field beyond the military and beyond the front, this collection explores the interdisciplinary and international nature of the Great War.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : OCLC:1127528027

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Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1918 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Great Britain. War Office. General Staff,Imperial War Museum,Imperial War Museum (Great Britain). Department of Printed Books,Articles of War (Firm)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1901623076

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Handbook of the Belgian Army, 1914 by Great Britain. War Office. General Staff,Imperial War Museum,Imperial War Museum (Great Britain). Department of Printed Books,Articles of War (Firm) Pdf

Author : Beckles Willson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1018147500

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In the Ypres Salient; the Story of a Fortnight's Canadian Fighting, June 2-16, 1916 by Beckles Willson Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Jean-Michel Veranneman
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526716620

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Belgium in the Great War by Jean-Michel Veranneman Pdf

A historian and former Belgian diplomat sheds light on the country’s tumultuous experience during WWI. In August of 1914, the German Empire invaded neutral Belgium in order to outflank the defenses of the French army. Yet the Belgian army resisted, managing to hold a small part of unoccupied Belgian territory north of Ypres until the Armistice of 1918. Because of their heroic defense, Belgium and its King enjoyed enormous international prestige after the war. Occupied Belgium suffered civilian executions and severe destruction. It was widely stripped of its highly developed industrial infrastructure. It was saved from starvation by food shipments from the United States which came in via neutral Holland. Four and a half years later, Belgium emerged a different country with experiences that would leave a lasting on its spirit as well as wide-ranging political implications.

Author : Sir James Edward Edmonds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
ISBN : 0898391857

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Military Operations France and Belgium, 1916 by Sir James Edward Edmonds Pdf

Author : Birger Stichelbaut,Piet Chielens
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-21
Category : Aerial photography
ISBN : 9462300267

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The Great War Seen from the Air by Birger Stichelbaut,Piet Chielens Pdf

A remarkable photographic record of World War One, its relentless progression and the destruction it wrought, as seen from the skies above Flanders Fields

Author : Luc Verpoest,Leen Engelen,Rajesh Heynickx,Jan Schmidt,Pieter Uyttenhove,Pieter Verstraete
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789462702509

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Revival After the Great War by Luc Verpoest,Leen Engelen,Rajesh Heynickx,Jan Schmidt,Pieter Uyttenhove,Pieter Verstraete Pdf

The challenges of post-war recovery from social and political reform to architectural design In the months and years immediately following the First World War, the many (European) countries that had formed its battleground were confronted with daunting challenges. These challenges varied according to the countries' earlier role and degree of involvement in the war but were without exception enormous. The contributors to this book analyse how this was not only a matter of rebuilding ravaged cities and destroyed infrastructure, but also of repairing people’s damaged bodies and upended daily lives, and rethinking and reforming societal, economic and political structures. These processes took place against the backdrop of mass mourning and remembrance, political violence and economic crisis. At the same time, the post-war tabula rasa offered many opportunities for innovation in various areas of society, from social and political reform to architectural design. The wide scope of post-war recovery and revival is reflected in the different sections of this book: rebuild, remember, repair, and reform. It offers insights into post-war revival in Western European countries such as Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, as well as into how their efforts were perceived outside of Europe, for instance in Argentina and the United States.

Author : Christoph Cornelissen,Arndt Weinrich
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781800737273

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The Historiography of World War I from 1918 to the Present by Christoph Cornelissen,Arndt Weinrich Pdf

From the Treaty of Versailles to the 2018 centenary and beyond, the history of the First World War has been continually written and rewritten, studied and contested, producing a rich historiography shaped by the social and cultural circumstances of its creation. Writing the Great War provides a groundbreaking survey of this vast body of work, assembling contributions on a variety of national and regional historiographies from some of the most prominent scholars in the field. By analyzing perceptions of the war in contexts ranging from Nazi Germany to India’s struggle for independence, this is an illuminating collective study of the complex interplay of memory and history.