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Civilian Internment during the First World War

A European and Global History, 1914—1920

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Authors:
  1. Matthew Stibbe

    1. Department of Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

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  • Provides the first major study of civilian internment during the First World War as both a European and global phenomenon

  • Argues that the years 1914-20 mark the essential turning point in the transnational and international history of the detention camp

  • Demonstrates that wartime civilian captivity was inextricably bound up with questions of power, world order and inequalities based on class, race and gender

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Matthew Stibbe
    Pages 1-30

  3. First World War Internment Across the Globe

    • Matthew Stibbe
    Pages 31-76

  4. Internment and War Governance in the First World War

    • Matthew Stibbe
    Pages 77-128

  5. Imagining Internment: International Law, Social Order and National Community

    • Matthew Stibbe
    Pages 129-182

  6. Internment and International Activism: The Search for More Humane Alternatives

    • Matthew Stibbe
    Pages 183-237

  7. (Not) Ending Internment: The Years 1918–20

    • Matthew Stibbe
    Pages 239-289

  8. Conclusion and Epilogue

    • Matthew Stibbe
    Pages 291-314

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 315-335
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About this book

This book is the first major study of civilian internment during the First World War as both a European and global phenomenon. Based on research spanning twenty-eight archives in seven countries, this study  explores the connections and continuities, as well as ruptures, between different internment systems at the local, national, regional and imperial levels. Arguing that the years 1914-20 mark the essential turning point in the transnational and international history of the detention camp, this book demonstrates that wartime civilian captivity was inextricably bound up with questions of power, world order and inequalities based on class, race and gender. It also contends that engagement with internees led to new forms of international activism and generated new types of transnational knowledge in the spheres of medicine, law, citizenship and neutrality. Finally, an epilogue explains how and why First World War internment is crucial to understanding the world we live in today.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

    Matthew Stibbe

About the author

Matthew Stibbe is Professor of Modern European History at Sheffield Hallam University. UK. A twentieth-century specialist working across and beyond the borders of Europe, he has co-edited two essay collections on First World War captivity, and is author of the British Civilian Internees in Germany: The Ruhleben Camp, 1914-18 (2008).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Civilian Internment during the First World War

  • Book Subtitle: A European and Global History, 1914—1920

  • Authors: Matthew Stibbe

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57191-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57190-8Published: 26 November 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-84817-1Due: 27 January 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57191-5Published: 14 November 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 335

  • Topics: European History, History of Military, World History, Global and Transnational History, Social History

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