War and Liberation in France

Living with the Liberators
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-349-50833-4
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 311 g

This book, coinciding with the sixtieth anniversary of the Liberation of France, takes a unique approach to the events of 1944, by seeing them as shared experiences which brought ordinary Anglo-Americans and French people into contact with each other in a variety of different communities. The book looks at the Liberation through 5 case-studies: Normandy, Cherbourg, Provence, the Pyrénées-Orientales and Reims, and uses the words of participants at the time to describe the developing relationship between Liberators and Liberated.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Footitt, H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps and Photographs Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Welcoming the Liberators Liberation on the Move: Normandy Meeting Private Ryan: Cherbourg The Politics of Disappointment: Liberation in the South Removing Inflammable Material: The Pyrénées-Orientales The Long Goodbye: Reims Liberated and Liberators Notes Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Hilary Footitt is Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the School of Languages and European Studies, University of Reading, UK. Her research interests include women in politics, war and liberation in France and the development of language policy. Previous publications include War and Liberation in France and Women, Europe and the New Languages of Politics. Hilary is Principal Investigator for the AHRC project, Languages at War, and is an editorial board member for the Journal of War and Culture Studies.