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The Changing Face of the Channel Islands Occupation (eBook, PDF)

Record, Memory and Myth

Beschreibung

This independent study has already attracted controversy. Containing much fresh evidence, it vividly portrays the Islanders' day-to-day Occupation experiences, whilst exploring - and often refuting - what are today becoming received ideas of a mostly 'shameful' wartime past.

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Autor

HAZEL KNOWLES SMITH was recently awarded her PhD from the University of Southampton. She is an untraditional academic, with particular interest in the social construction of history and the historical creation of memory. Her work enjoys the strong support of the communities she writes about.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230627598
• Artikelnr.: 38175225

Rezensionen

'This book is a very important contribution to the ongoing discussion on a range of very contentious subjects...Do purchase this book, read it more than once...There is much to be absorbed and considered. You will not be disappointed. I applaud Dr Knowles Smith for her contribution to our learning.' - Geoffrey Rowland, Guernsey Press

'An arresting discussion of the Channel Islands during the occupation...Smith captures the nature of life during the occupation...' - History, The Journal of the Historical Association