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Anzac memories : living with the legend

Thomson, Alistair, 1960-2013
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In this second edition, author Alistair Thomson explores how the Anzac legend has transformed over the past quarter century, how a 'post-memory' of World War I creates new challenges and opportunities for making sense of Australia's national past, and how veterans' war memories can still challenge and complicate national mythologies. Thomson returns to a family war history that he could not write about 20 years ago because of the stigma of war and mental illness, and he uses newly-released Repatriation files to question his own earlier account of veterans' post-war lives and memories and to think afresh about war and memory.
Main title:
Anzac memories : living with the legend / Alistair Thomson ; foreword by Jay Winter.
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, 2013, c2013.Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, 2013.©2013.
Collation:
xviii, 406 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
First edition published in Australia by Oxford University Press, 1994.Includes bibliographical references and index.Originally published: Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1994.
ISBN:
9781921867583
Dewey class:
940.41294940.412
Language:
English
BRN:
71628
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
North Melbourne LibraryLocal History ReferenceLH REF 940.412 THOMNot for loan (Set: 19 Sep 2017)
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