Of Little Comfort : War Widows, Fallen Soldiers, and the Remaking of the Nation after the Great War

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Of Little Comfort : War Widows, Fallen Soldiers, and the Remaking of the Nation after the Great War

Title remainder

War Widows, Fallen Soldiers, and the Remaking of the Nation after the Great War

Statement of responsibility

Erika Kuhlman

Creator

• Kuhlman, Erika A., 1961-

Subject

• Nationalism -- History -- 20th century
• Transnationalism -- History -- 20th century
• United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932
• War widows -- Government policy -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933
• War widows -- Government policy -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Germany
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- United States
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Women
• War widows -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

During and especially after World War I, the millions of black-clad widows on the streets of Europe's cities were a constant reminder that war caused carnage on a vast scale. But widows were far more than just a reminder of the war's fallen soldiers; they were literal and figurative actresses in how nations crafted their identities in the interwar era. In this extremely original study, Erika Kuhlman compares the ways in which German and American widows experienced their post-war status, and how that played into the cultures of mourning in their two nations: one defeated, the other victorious

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AU-PeEL

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

ProQuest Ebook Central