Landscapes of the Western Front

Materiality During the Great War

Ross Wilson (University of York, UK)

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English

Routledge
24 October 2011

British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Military history; Archaeological theory; Landscape archaeology

Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History

This book examines the British soldiers on the Western Front and how they responded to the war landscape they encountered behind the lines and at the front. Using a multidisciplinary perspective, this study investigates the relationship between soldiers and the spaces and materials of the warzone, analyzing how soldiers constructed a ‘sense of place’ in the hostile, unpredictable environment. Drawing upon recent developments within First World War Studies and the anthropological examination of the fields of conflict, an ethnohistorical perspective of the soldiers is built which details the various ways soldiers responded to the physical and material world of the Western Front. This study is also grounded in the wider debates on how the First World War is remembered within Britain and offers an alternative perspective on the individuals who fought in the world’s first global conflagration nearly a century ago.

By: Ross Wilson (University of York UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 15
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9780415808057
ISBN 10: 0415808057
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 24 October 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ross Wilson is a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past in the Department of History, University of York, UK. He has research interests in the fields of heritage, landscapes, material culture and cultural representation. His doctoral research (York, 2008) focused on the battlefields of the Western Front (1914-1918) and the manner in which they have been portrayed and remembered through the memorial landscape, historiography, literature, film and archaeology.

Reviews for Landscapes of the Western Front: Materiality During the Great War

'A provocative demonstration of the ways British soldiers familiarized the unnatural and came to terms with the multiple Hells of the Western Front.' - Dennis Showalter, Colorado College, USA