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

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

Title remainder

living with the enemy in First World War France

Statement of responsibility

James E. Connolly

Creator

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

Author

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

Subject

• France
• France -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918
• France -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918
• German Occupation of France (1914-1918)
• History
• Northern France
• Social aspects
• World War (1914-1918)
• World War, 1914-1918 -- France, Northern
• World War, 1914-1918 -- France, Northern
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- France, Northern
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- France, Northern
• 1900-1999
• Civilians in war
• Civilians in war -- France, Northern -- History -- 20th century
• Civilians in war -- France, Northern -- History -- 20th century

Genre

• History

Language

eng

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. --

Member of

• Cultural history of modern war

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

YDX

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cultural history of modern war