| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 183 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: What have you done for your country? / Marilyn Lake -- 1. Are nations really made in war? / Henry Reynolds -- 2. Colonial Cassandras: why weren't the warnings heeded? / Henry Reynolds -- 3. Whatever happened to the anti-war movement? / Carina Donaldson and Marilyn Lake -- 4. Why do we get so emotional about Anzac? / Joy Damousi -- 5. Anzac Day: how did it become Australia's national day? / Mark McKenna -- 6. How do schoolchildren learn about the spirit of Anzac? / Marilyn Lake -- Epilogue: moving on? / Henry Reynolds and Marilyn Lake. |
| Summary |
In recent years Anzac an idea as much as an actual army corps has become the dominant force within Australian history, overshadowing everything else. The commemoration of Anzac Day is bigger than ever, while Remembrance Day, VE Day, VP Day and other military anniversaries grow in significance each year. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps -- Historiography.
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Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
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Anzac Day.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Historiography.
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Collective memory.
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History -- Psychological aspects.
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Australia -- Historiography.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War I. |
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HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand. |
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Armed Forces -- Historiography |
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Anzac Day |
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Collective memory |
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Historiography |
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History -- Psychological aspects |
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Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM |
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World War (1914-1918) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9cvdKydGHm4yKx7Gb |
| Chronological Term |
1914-1918 |
| Added Author |
Reynolds, Henry, 1938- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJj4ybvHKqwjbdTFgjWRrq
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McKenna, Mark, 1959- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjMDJqtw9XGdMYfCTw3cP
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Damousi, Joy.
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| Added Title |
What is wrong with ANZAC? |
| Other Form: |
Print version: What's wrong with ANZAC? 1st ed. Sydney : University of NSW Press, 2010 9781742231518 (OCoLC)614187377 |
| ISBN |
9781742231525 (electronic bk.) |
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1742231527 (electronic bk.) |
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9781742240022 (electronic bk.) |
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174224002X (electronic bk.) |
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9781742231518 (pbk.) |
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1742231519 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
3367987 |
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