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  • Narratives of War

    Remembering and Chronicling Battle in Twentieth-Century Europe

    Serier serie Memory and Narrative
    Narratives of War considers the way war and battle are remembered and narrated across space and time in Europe in the twentieth century.The book reflects on how narratives are generated and deployed, and on their function as coping mechanisms, means of survival, commemorative gestures, historical records and evidence. The contributions address such issues as the tension and discrepancy between ... Læs mere

    473,45 kr.

  • Tapestry of Memory

    Evidence and Testimony in Life-Story Narratives

    Redigeret af Nanci Adler ...
    Serier serie Memory and Narrative
    In this volume, contributors present narratives and explore the way they influence the perception of the past. While acknowledging the debate about the validity of qualitative research based on narratives, this volume aims to illuminate how truth and evidence form part of a much wider debate on the representation of history.The volume includes the work of historians but the interdisciplinary ... Læs mere

    559,56 kr.

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  • The Making of the "Rape of Nanking"

    History and Memory in Japan, China, and the United States

    On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army attacked and captured the Chinese capital city of Nanjing, planting the rising-sun flag atop the city's outer walls. What occurred in the ensuing weeks and months has been the source of a tempestuous debate ever since. It is well known that the Japanese military committed wholesale atrocities after the fall of the city, massacring large numbers of Chinese ... Læs mere

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  • World History

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    Gender, Asceticism, and Historiography

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