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Transnational Outrage
K Pickles
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Description for Transnational Outrage
Paperback. This book recovers and interprets the enormous worldwide reaction to the death of British woman Edith Cavell at the hands of occupying German forces in Belgium. Num Pages: 289 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBW; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
The execution of British matron Edith Cavell by occupying German forces was portrayed by the allies as one of the key atrocities of the Great War. This book recovers and interprets the worldwide reaction to Cavell's death, exploring its contextual relationship within imperial and international history, as well women's history and gender history.
The execution of British matron Edith Cavell by occupying German forces was portrayed by the allies as one of the key atrocities of the Great War. This book recovers and interprets the worldwide reaction to Cavell's death, exploring its contextual relationship within imperial and international history, as well women's history and gender history.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349540532
SKU
V9781349540532
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About K Pickles
Katie Pickles is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. She is the author of Female Imperialism and National Identity (Manchester, 2002) and a variety of journal articles. She has edited three books, the most recent being with Myra Rutherdale, Contact Zones (Vancouver, 2005).
Reviews for Transnational Outrage
"A fascinating study of the memorialisation of nurse Edith Cavell within both Britain and its Empire, this book provides a novel route into exploring memories of the Great War, questions of gender and commemoration and the relationship between metropole and white settler colonies in the interwar period." - Clare Midgley, Sheffield Hallam University, UK and President of the International Federation ... Read more