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Historians are increasingly looking beyond the traditional, and
turning to visual, oral, aural, and virtual sources to inform their
work. The challenges these sources pose require new skills of
interpretation and require historians to consider alternative
theoretical and practical approaches. In order to help historians
successfully move beyond traditional text, Sarah Barber and Corinna
Peniston-Bird bring together chapters from historical specialists
in the fields of fine art, photography, film, oral history,
architecture, virtual sources, music, cartoons, landscape and
material culture to explain why, when and how these less
traditional sources can be used. Each chapter introduces the reader
to the source, suggests the methodological and theoretical
questions historians should keep in mind when using it, and
provides case studies to illustrate best practice in analysis and
interpretation. Pulling these disparate sources together, the
introduction discusses the nature of historical sources and those
factors which are unique to, and shared by, the sources covered
throughout the book. Taking examples from around the globe, this
collection of essays aims to inspire practitioners of history to
expand their horizons, and incorporate a wide variety of primary
sources in their work.
Historians are increasingly looking beyond the traditional, and
turning to visual, oral, aural, and virtual sources to inform their
work. The challenges these sources pose require new skills of
interpretation and require historians to consider alternative
theoretical and practical approaches. In order to help historians
successfully move beyond traditional text, Sarah Barber and Corinna
Peniston-Bird bring together chapters from historical specialists
in the fields of fine art, photography, film, oral history,
architecture, virtual sources, music, cartoons, landscape and
material culture to explain why, when and how these less
traditional sources can be used. Each chapter introduces the reader
to the source, suggests the methodological and theoretical
questions historians should keep in mind when using it, and
provides case studies to illustrate best practice in analysis and
interpretation. Pulling these disparate sources together, the
introduction discusses the nature of historical sources and those
factors which are unique to, and shared by, the sources covered
throughout the book. Taking examples from around the globe, this
collection of essays aims to inspire practitioners of history to
expand their horizons, and incorporate a wide variety of primary
sources in their work.
The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, including
the deaths of over a thousand 'Men of Lancaster', and its legacy
continues to be remembered today. This book looks at the impact
that the loss of so many men had on the community and offers an
intimate portrayal of Lancaster and its people living in the shadow
of the 'war to end all wars'. Drawing on detailed research
conducted by the authors and their community partners, it describes
the local reaction to the outbreak of war, the experience of
individuals who enlisted, the changing face of industry, the women
who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front, and
how Lancaster coped with the transition to life in peacetime once
more. The Great War story of Lancaster draws on all of these
experiences to present a unique account of the local reality of a
global conflict.
Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel
national defence force of the Second World War composed of
civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts
of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of
national unity. It scrutinises the Home Guard's reputation and
explores whether this 'people's army' was a site of social cohesion
or of dissension by assessing the competing claims made for it at
the time. It then examines the way it was represented during the
war and has been since, notably in Dad's Army, and discusses the
memories of men and women who served in it. The book makes a
significant and original contribution to debates concerning the
British home front and introduces fresh ways of understanding the
Second World War. -- .
Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel
national defence force of the Second World War composed of
civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts
of the force and the war, which have seen them as symbols of
national unity. It scrutinises the Home Guard's reputation and
explores whether this 'people's army' was a site of social cohesion
or of dissension by assessing the competing claims made for it at
the time. It then examines the way it was represented during the
war and has been since, notably in Dad's Army, and discusses the
memories of men and women who served in it. The book makes a
significant and original contribution to debates concerning the
British home front and introduces fresh ways of understanding the
Second World War. -- .
Showing how gender history contributes to existing understandings
of the Second World War, this book offers detail and context on the
national and transnational experiences of men and women during the
war. Following a general introduction, the essays shed new light on
the field and illustrate methods of working with a wide range of
primary sources.
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