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Book/Printed Material The experience of occupation in the Nord, 1914-18 : living with the enemy in First World War France Living with the enemy in First World War France

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Title

  • The experience of occupation in the Nord, 1914-18 : living with the enemy in First World War France

Other Title

  • Living with the enemy in First World War France

Summary

  • Much of the French department of the Nord was occupied during the First World War. This book considers the ways in which occupied locals responded to and understood their situation, focusing on key behaviours adopted by locals and the beliefs surrounding such conduct. Key topics examined include forms of complicity, disunity, criminality, resistance, and the memory of the occupation. This local case study calls into question overly-patriotic readings of this experience, and suggests a new conceptual vocabulary to help understand certain civilian behaviours under military occupation. Drawing on extensive primary documentation, this book proposes that a dominant 'occupied culture' existed among locals: a moral-patriotic framework, born of both pre-war socio-cultural norms and daily interaction with the enemy, that guided conduct and was especially concerned with what was considered acceptable and unacceptable behaviour. -- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Connolly, James E. (Historian), author.

Created / Published

  • Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Contents

  • Sexual misconduct -- General misconduct and popular reprisals -- Male misconduct -- Une sacree desunion? Conflict continues -- Moral borderlands: Criminality during the occupation -- Notable protests: Respectable resistance (coups de gueule polis) -- Symbolic resistance (coups de cœur) -- Active resistance (coups de poker, coups d'eclat) -- Epilogue: Liberation, remembering and forgetting.

Headings

  • -  Civilians in war--France, Northern--History--20th century
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--France, Northern
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--France, Northern
  • -  France--History--German occupation, 1914-1918

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-318) and index.
  • -  Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page, viewed July 7, 2021.

Medium

  • 1 online resource (xii, 333 pages) : illustrations, map

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DC387

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021302852

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  • Unrestricted online access

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Chicago citation style:

Connolly, James E. , Author. The experience of occupation in the Nord, -18: living with the enemy in First World War France. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2018. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021302852/.

APA citation style:

Connolly, J. E. (2018) The experience of occupation in the Nord, -18: living with the enemy in First World War France. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021302852/.

MLA citation style:

Connolly, James E. , Author. The experience of occupation in the Nord, -18: living with the enemy in First World War France. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2018. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021302852/>.