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Histories, Memories and Representations of being Young in the First World War

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Editors:
  1. Maggie Andrews

    1. University of Worcester, Worcester, UK

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  2. N. C. Fleming

    1. University of Worcester, Worcester, UK

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  3. Marcus Morris

    1. Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

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  • Brings together new research by emerging and established scholars who, through a series of tightly focussed case studies, introduce a range of new histories

  • Sheds light on the multiple ways in which the First World War shaped, disrupted and interrupted childhood in Britain

  • Illuminates the selectivity of the portrayal of the conflict within the more typical national narratives

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Maggie Andrews, N. C. Fleming, Marcus Morris
    Pages 1-7

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 253-257
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About this book

This book seeks to place children and young people centrally within the study of the contemporary British home front, its cultural representations and its place in the historical memory of the First World War. This edited collection interrogates not only war and its effects on children and young people, but how understandings of this conflict have shaped or been shaped by historical memories of the Great War, which have only allowed for several tropes of childhood during the conflict to emerge. It brings together new research by emerging and established scholars who, through a series of tightly focussed case studies, introduce a range of new histories to both explore the experience of being young during the First World War, and interrogate the memories and representations of the conflict produced for children. Taken together the chapters in this volume shed light on the multiple ways in which the Great War shaped, disrupted and interrupted childhood in Britain, and illuminate simultaneously the selectivity of the portrayal of the conflict within the more typical national narratives. 

Reviews

“The contributors should be commended for put­ting a notable dent in the historiography. … this collection provides a wealth of insight into the experiences of young people in World War I. Melanie Tebbutt’s analysis of how children experienced the darkened space of the cinemas is especially innovative.” (Ashley Henrickson, The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol. 15 (3), 2022)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Worcester, Worcester, UK

    Maggie Andrews, N. C. Fleming

  • Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

    Marcus Morris

About the editors

Maggie Andrews is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Worcester, UK.

Marcus Morris is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.


N.C. Fleming is Principal Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Worcester, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Histories, Memories and Representations of being Young in the First World War

  • Editors: Maggie Andrews, N. C. Fleming, Marcus Morris

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49939-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49938-9Published: 09 October 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49941-9Published: 09 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-49939-6Published: 08 October 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 257

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of Military, Cultural History, Social History, Childhood, Adolescence and Society

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