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- ISBN-13
- 9780814725184
- Book Title
- Bodies of War
- ISBN
- 9780814725184
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Bodies of War : World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 9in
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- New York University Press
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 16.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 335 Pages
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Death and remembrance in the aftermath of the Great War By the Armistice of 1919, America's war dead numbered more than 70,000 and of those, approximately 31,000 would lie forever buried in the nation's new cemeteries overseas. The controversial decision to leave the deceased in foreign soil resulted in the unforeseen legacy of the Gold Star Pilgrim. On the eve of the Great Depression, the Coolidge Administration authorized the Gold Star Mothers and widows with next of kin buried overseas, to travel to Europe as guests of the nation. These women, known for the gold star they were urged to display on banners in their homes, had made an added sacrifice by choosing to leave the bodies of their loved ones buried in foreign soil. They had been given an unprecedented option by the government to have their deceased repatriated for home burial, but refused without prior knowledge of any future pilgrimage proposal. Pilgrimages represent a point of intersection between individual loss and national community. They serve to unite groups and nation in remembrance, while offering an opportunity for participants to come to terms with grief, thus consigning the dead to memory. The American Gold Star pilgrimages (1930-1933), offered women and the nation, a unique way to interpret the ambiguity of great human loss. In this fascinating yet often macabre account, Lisa M. Budreau reveals the complicated circumstances facing the nation after World War I, in its efforts to lay thousands of dead to rest, and how its leaders chose to honor these American sacrifices. She unpacks the politics and processes of the competing interest groups involved in the three core components of this story: repatriation, remembrance, and return. Throughout, and with sensitivity to issues of race and gender, Bodies of War emphasizes the inherent tensions in the politics of memorialization while exploring how those interests often conflicted with the needs of veterans, relatives and the nation as a whole.
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New York University Press
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081472518x
ISBN-13
9780814725184
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Publication Name
Bodies of War : World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
335 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
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D670.B83 2012
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"Budreau's account of the American way of remembrance uncovers a neglected chapter in the disputatious political history of the 1920s. Examining dozens of archival collections, both public and private, she has recovered the voices of mothers and other relatives of the dead. Bodies of War is a thoughtful, sometimes poignant contribution to our understanding of America's Great War experience." -Robert H. Zieger, Journal of American History, Bodies of War makes a strong and innovative contribution to the social and cultural history of Americas Great War. Budreau shows how Americans ambiguous understanding of the war interacted with their need to grieve and comprehend the loss of their sons in the nations first European war. Her powerful argument makes an important contribution to our knowledge not just of the war itself, but of the many ways that the war continued to impact America long after its conclusion., "A remarkable story of the three R'srepatriation, remembrance, and returnone of the most poignant to appear in recent years about American participation in World War I. It has its moments in the work of what later became the funeral industry. The far wider importance, here for the first time, concerns the nationalizing of grief." - Robert H. Ferrell, author of Woodrow Wilson and World War I, 1917-1921, "Budreau's book is a monument to the power of civil society in framing American commemorative practices. She brings Gold Star Mothers back where they belong, into the center of the story of war and its aftermath. Through her study, we can still hear their voices, full of dignity and sadness. Here is a fine contribution to the history of American memory culture." -Jay Winter,author of Remembering War: The Great War between Memory and History in the Twentieth Century, Budreau's account of the American way of remembrance uncovers a neglected chapter in the disputatious political history of the 1920s. Examining dozens of archival collections, both public and private, she has recovered the voices of mothers and other relatives of the dead. Bodies of War is a thoughtful, sometimes poignant contribution to our understanding of America's Great War experience., Budreau's book is a monument to the power of civil society in framing American commemorative practices. She brings Gold Star Mothers back where they belong, into the center of the story of war and its aftermath. Through her study, we can still hear their voices, full of dignity and sadness. Here is a fine contribution to the history of American memory culture., "Budreau's book is a monument to the power of civil society in framing American commemorative practices. She brings Gold Star Mothers back where they belong, into the center of the story of war and its aftermath. Through her study, we can still hear their voices, full of dignity and sadness. Here is a fine contribution to the history of American memory culture." - Jay Winter, author of Remembering War: The Great War between Memory and History in the Twentieth Century, ("Budreau offers an insightful perspective on how the US dealt with the aftermath of the Great War as officials sought to commemorate those who died in faraway places... For those with interests in the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, or military, ethnic, and gender history, this book is a must... Summing Up: Essential.")-(CHOICE),(), Budreaus book is a monument to the power of civil society in framing American commemorative practices. She brings Gold Star Mothers back where they belong, into the center of the story of war and its aftermath. Through her study, we can still hear their voices, full of dignity and sadness. Here is a fine contribution to the history of American memory culture., ( "Budreau's acount of the American way of remembrance uncovers a neglected chapter in the disputatious political history of the 1920s. Examining dozens of archival collections, both public and private, she ahs recovered the voices of mothers and other relatives of the dead.Bodies of Waris a thoughtful, sometimes poignant contribution to our understanding of America's Great War experience." )-(Robert H. Zieger),(The Journal of American History), A remarkable story of the three Rsrepatriation, remembrance, and returnone of the most poignant to appear in recent years about American participation in World War I. It has its moments in the work of what later became the funeral industry. The far wider importance, here for the first time, concerns the nationalizing of grief., "Budreau offers an insightful perspective on how the US dealt with the aftermath of the Great War as officials sought to commemorate those who died in faraway places... For those with interests in the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, or military, ethnic, and gender history, this book is a must... Summing Up: Essential."- Choice, Budreau offers an insightful perspective on how the US dealt with the aftermath of the Great War as officials sought to commemorate those who died in faraway places... For those with interests in the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, or military, ethnic, and gender history, this book is a must... Summing Up: Essential., "A remarkable story of the three R's-repatriation, remembrance, and return-one of the most poignant to appear in recent years about American participation in World War I. It has its moments in the work of what later became the funeral industry. The far wider importance, here for the first time, concerns the nationalizing of grief." -Robert H. Ferrell,author of Woodrow Wilson and World War I, 1917-1921, "Budreau offers an insightful perspective on how the US dealt with the aftermath of the Great War as officials sought to commemorate those who died in faraway places... For those with interests in the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, or military, ethnic, and gender history, this book is a must... Summing Up: Essential."- Choice ,, " Bodies of War makes a strong and innovative contribution to the social and cultural history of America's Great War. Budreau shows how Americans' ambiguous understanding of the war interacted with their need to grieve and comprehend the loss of their sons in the nation's first European war. Her powerful argument makes an important contribution to our knowledge not just of the war itself, but of the many ways that the war continued to impact America long after its conclusion." -Michael Neiberg,editor of The World War I Reader, "Bodies of War makes a strong and innovative contribution to the social and cultural history of America's Great War. Budreau shows how Americans' ambiguous understanding of the war interacted with their need to grieve and comprehend the loss of their sons in the nation's first European war. Her powerful argument makes an important contribution to our knowledge not just of the war itself, but of the many ways that the war continued to impact America long after its conclusion." -Michael Neiberg,editor of The World War I Reader, "Very few collections of Sanskrit deep enough for research are housed anywhere in North America. Now, twenty-five hundred years after the death of Shakyamuni Buddha, the ambitious Clay Sanskrit Library may remedy this state of affairs." - Tricycle, A remarkable story of the three R's-repatriation, remembrance, and return-one of the most poignant to appear in recent years about American participation in World War I. It has its moments in the work of what later became the funeral industry. The far wider importance, here for the first time, concerns the nationalizing of grief., "No effort has been spared to make these little volumes as attractive as possible to readers: the paper is of high quality, the typesetting immaculate. The founders of the series are John and Jennifer Clay, and Sanskritists can only thank them for an initiative intended to make the classics of an ancient Indian language accessible to a modern international audience." - The Times Higher Education Supplement, "Budreau offers an insightful perspective on how the US dealt with the aftermath of the Great War as officials sought to commemorate those who died in faraway places... For those with interests in the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, or military, ethnic, and gender history, this book is a must... Summing Up: Essential."-CHOICE,, "The books line up on my shelf like bright Bodhisattvas ready to take tough questions or keep quiet company. They stake out a vast territory, with works from two millennia in multiple genres: aphorism, lyric, epic, theater, and romance." - Willis G. Regier, The Chronicle Review, Budreau's acount of the American way of remembrance uncovers a neglected chapter in the disputatious political history of the 1920s. Examining dozens of archival collections, both public and private, she ahs recovered the voices of mothers and other relatives of the dead.Bodies of Waris a thoughtful, sometimes poignant contribution to our understanding of America's Great War experience., "Budreau's acount of the American way of remembrance uncovers a neglected chapter in the disputatious political history of the 1920s. Examining dozens of archival collections, both public and private, she ahs recovered the voices of mothers and other relatives of the dead. Bodies of War is a thoughtful, sometimes poignant contribution to our understanding of America's Great War experience." -Robert H. Zieger,The Journal of American History, "Budreau's account of the American way of remembrance uncovers a neglected chapter in the disputatious political history of the 1920s....Bodies of War is a thoughtful, sometimes poignant contribution to our understanding of America's Great War experience." The Journal of American History "Budreau offers an insightful perspective on how the US dealt with the aftermath of the Great War as officials sought to commemorate those who died in faraway places." CHOICE
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Table of Content
"Pilgrims," from Rhymes of a Red-Cross Man Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Map of ABMC Cemeteries and Monuments Introduction Part I Repatriation 1 The Journey's End 2 Origins 3 A Daunting Pledge 4 Charon's Price 5 A Problem of Policy 6 Make Way for Democracy! 7 Troubled Waters 8 Bringing Them Home Part II Remembrance 9 Republican Motherhood Thrives 10 A Star of Recognition 11 A Reluctant Giant 12 A Commission is Born 13 Sacred Space and Strife 14 We the People 15 Americans Make Waves Part III Return 16 A Country for Heroes? 17 Pilgrim or Tourist? 18 Commemoration or Celebration? 19 Pilgrims' Progress 20 Mothers and Politics 21 Mathilda's victory 22 Stars of Black and Gold 23 Highballs on the High Seas 24 A Personal Experience Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
Copyright Date
2011
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Military / General, Military / World War I, Military / United States, General, United States / General
Dewey Decimal
940.4/60973
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
History, Political Science
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