The Vimy trap, or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the Great War / Ian McKay and Jamie Swif...
The Vimy trap, or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the Great War / Ian McKay and Jamie Swif...
The Vimy trap, or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the Great War / Ian McKay and Jamie Swift.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Toronto, Ontario : Between the Lines, 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2017/6219
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
372 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: "the dead on the field" -- Myths, memories, and a creation story -- A great war of attrition and futility: a capsule history -- In the wake of war: experiencing and remembering -- The wounds of memory, the push for peace -- The contested politics of peace and war -- Sculpting the jagged ed...
Publication information
Publisher
Toronto, Ontario : Between the Lines, 2016.
Place of Publication
Ontario
Date Published
2016.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The story of the bloody 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge is, according to many of today's tellings, a heroic founding moment for Canada. This noble, birth-of-a-nation narrative is regularly applied to the Great War in general. Yet this mythical tale is rather new. "Vimyism"--Today's official story of glorious, martial patriotism--contrasts sharply with t...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The Vimy trap, or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the Great War / Ian McKay and Jamie Swift.
Portion of title
How we learned to stop worrying and love the Great War
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-357) and index.
Additional physical form availability note
Issued also in electronic format.
Issued As
McKay, Ian, 1953- Vimy trap or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the Great War. (CaOONL)20169047210
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Date Copyright
©2016
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2017/6219
Record Identifier
74VKVG6pq0E3
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVG6pq0E3
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ISBN
1771132779 (pdf)
9781771132756 (paperback)
1771132752 (paperback)
9781771132763 (epub)
1771132760 (epub)
9781771132770 (pdf)
DDC
940.431
MMS ID
991024151116002626
