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Author Myers, Jason, 1981- author.

Title The Great War and memory in Irish culture, 1918-2010 / Jason R. Myers.

Publication Info. Bethesda : Academica Press, [2013]
2013

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Description 1 online resource (370 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Note Based on the author's doctoral dissertation for Loyola University Chicago.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : The Great War and memory in Irish culture -- Service rewards : housing, unemployment, and ex-servicemen in Ireland, 1919-1939 -- Not a day of rejoicing: the evolution of Remembrance Day and the poppy appeal in Ireland, 1919-1939 -- Building an Irish identity : Great War memorials in Ireland, 1919-1939 -- Keeping the home fires burning : memory and the Great War in Irish popular culture, 1919-1939 -- "Waltzing" to a new understanding of the Great War, 1939-1987 -- Creating "a future together" : the resurrection of Great War memory in Ireland since 1987.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Ireland -- Influence.
Memorials -- Ireland.
Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
Ireland -- History -- 21st century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9781936320264 (alk. paper)

 
    
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