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Through the Day, Through the Night
Jan Vansina
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Description for Through the Day, Through the Night
Paperback. Vansina, a historian and anthropologist best known for his insights into oral tradition and social memory, draws on his own memories and those of his siblings to reconstruct daily life in Belgium during World War II. Num Pages: 320 pages, 38 black & white photographs, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
One of twelve children in a close-knit, affluent Catholic Belgian family, Jan Vansina began life in a seemingly sheltered environment. But that cocoon was soon pierced by the escalating tensions and violence that gripped Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. In this book Vansina recalls his boyhood and youth in Antwerp, Bruges, and the Flemish countryside as the country was rocked by waves of economic depression, fascism, competing nationalisms, and the occupation of first Axis and then Allied forces.
Within the vast literature on World War II, a much smaller body of work treats the everyday experiences of civilians, ... Read more
One of twelve children in a close-knit, affluent Catholic Belgian family, Jan Vansina began life in a seemingly sheltered environment. But that cocoon was soon pierced by the escalating tensions and violence that gripped Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. In this book Vansina recalls his boyhood and youth in Antwerp, Bruges, and the Flemish countryside as the country was rocked by waves of economic depression, fascism, competing nationalisms, and the occupation of first Axis and then Allied forces.
Within the vast literature on World War II, a much smaller body of work treats the everyday experiences of civilians, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299299941
SKU
V9780299299941
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About Jan Vansina
Jan Vansina is professor emeritus of African history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA. His many books include his memoir Living with Africa and the landmark Oral Tradition as History.
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