Resistance Heroism and the End of Empire

Resistance Heroism and the End of Empire

Author: Keren Chiaroni

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-12-08

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1315396092

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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Frontispiece -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Portrait of a rebel -- Notes -- 1 Dramatis personae -- Émile and Armande -- The paternal branch -- The maternal branch -- Éluard and Picasso: poetry and a portrait -- Marriage and motherhood: Pierre and Fabienne -- Recovery of mind: Lebovici and Kestemberg -- Watch and tell: Louis Aragon, Gaston Monmousseau, Andre Stil, Étienne Fajon and Nguyên Dinh Thi -- Notes -- 2 Defining features: Riffaud and the Resistance -- Resistance as a philosophy of life: the duty to disobey -- Life in the occupied zone -- The sanatorium of Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet -- 1941-1943 Paris: the 'Francs-Tireurs et Partisans' and the 'army of crime' -- 1944: the shooting of a German officer - absolute revolt and its consequences -- 'To the Barricades!' The siege of the Place de la République and the liberation of a city -- Uniforms, medals and a rebel army -- Notes -- 3 Vietnam: A love story -- 'Il faut regarder!': the Gestapo order that motivated a career -- Ho Chi Minh at Fontainebleau: an open invitation -- Berlin 1951: the 'Vietnamese Gregory Peck' -- 1954: Dien Bien Phu, the Geneva Agreement and the withdrawal of French troops -- 1955: the beginning and end of a 'belle histoire' -- 1964: in the jungle with the maquis Viet Cong -- 'Armées de l'air': killer bees and the bombing raids on village schools -- 1966: the Camlo air raids and reunion with Nguyen Thi -- 1969: the death of Ho Chi Minh - a tribute and three testaments -- The Association of Friends of Vietnam and France -- Notes -- 4 Algeria and France: A crime passionnel -- Introduction -- The Alger républicain, 1952 -- 'Orleansville SOS' and the Toussaint Rebellion of 1954


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Download or read book Resistance Heroism and the End of Empire written by Keren Chiaroni and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Frontispiece -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Portrait of a rebel -- Notes -- 1 Dramatis personae -- Émile and Armande -- The paternal branch -- The maternal branch -- Éluard and Picasso: poetry and a portrait -- Marriage and motherhood: Pierre and Fabienne -- Recovery of mind: Lebovici and Kestemberg -- Watch and tell: Louis Aragon, Gaston Monmousseau, Andre Stil, Étienne Fajon and Nguyên Dinh Thi -- Notes -- 2 Defining features: Riffaud and the Resistance -- Resistance as a philosophy of life: the duty to disobey -- Life in the occupied zone -- The sanatorium of Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet -- 1941-1943 Paris: the 'Francs-Tireurs et Partisans' and the 'army of crime' -- 1944: the shooting of a German officer - absolute revolt and its consequences -- 'To the Barricades!' The siege of the Place de la République and the liberation of a city -- Uniforms, medals and a rebel army -- Notes -- 3 Vietnam: A love story -- 'Il faut regarder!': the Gestapo order that motivated a career -- Ho Chi Minh at Fontainebleau: an open invitation -- Berlin 1951: the 'Vietnamese Gregory Peck' -- 1954: Dien Bien Phu, the Geneva Agreement and the withdrawal of French troops -- 1955: the beginning and end of a 'belle histoire' -- 1964: in the jungle with the maquis Viet Cong -- 'Armées de l'air': killer bees and the bombing raids on village schools -- 1966: the Camlo air raids and reunion with Nguyen Thi -- 1969: the death of Ho Chi Minh - a tribute and three testaments -- The Association of Friends of Vietnam and France -- Notes -- 4 Algeria and France: A crime passionnel -- Introduction -- The Alger républicain, 1952 -- 'Orleansville SOS' and the Toussaint Rebellion of 1954

Resistance Heroism and the End of Empire

Resistance Heroism and the End of Empire

Author: Keren Chiaroni

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-12-08

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1315396084

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This book introduces an English-speaking public to the life of Madeleine Riffaud – one of the last living leaders of the French Resistance. It considers the nature of the rebel hero in France’s founding historical narratives (revolution, insurrection, resistance) while asking what contributions such a hero might make to debates on national identity today. Through a series of narrative close-ups, the book offers perspectives on major chapters in nineteenth- and twentieth-century French history through the eyes of activists who experienced them: the Revolution of July 1830 and the 1851 insurrection against Napoleon, as experienced by Riffaud’s ancestor Edme Liron, and the French Resistance, the Vietnam War and French–Algerian conflict as experienced by Riffaud herself. The book aims to explore the kinds of choices individuals face when their beliefs set them at odds with the state, and to suggest that there is a place for individual action in a global arena where state boundaries are becoming increasingly less relevant.


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Download or read book Resistance Heroism and the End of Empire written by Keren Chiaroni and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces an English-speaking public to the life of Madeleine Riffaud – one of the last living leaders of the French Resistance. It considers the nature of the rebel hero in France’s founding historical narratives (revolution, insurrection, resistance) while asking what contributions such a hero might make to debates on national identity today. Through a series of narrative close-ups, the book offers perspectives on major chapters in nineteenth- and twentieth-century French history through the eyes of activists who experienced them: the Revolution of July 1830 and the 1851 insurrection against Napoleon, as experienced by Riffaud’s ancestor Edme Liron, and the French Resistance, the Vietnam War and French–Algerian conflict as experienced by Riffaud herself. The book aims to explore the kinds of choices individuals face when their beliefs set them at odds with the state, and to suggest that there is a place for individual action in a global arena where state boundaries are becoming increasingly less relevant.

Children Against Hitler

Children Against Hitler

Author: Monica Porter

Publisher: Pen and Sword History

Published: 2020-04-30

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1526764318

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Readers of all generations have grown up on The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier’s best-selling tale of children under wartime occupation, but few know the real life stories of the children and teenagers who went further and actually stood up to the Nazis. Here, for the first time, Monica Porter gathers together their stories from many corners of occupied Europe, showing how in a variety of audacious and inventive ways children as young as six resisted the Nazi menace, risking and sometimes even sacrificing their brief lives in the process: a heroism that until now has largely gone unsung. These courageous youngsters came from all classes and backgrounds. There were high school drop-outs and social misfits, brainy bookworms, the children of farmers and factory workers. Some lost their entire families to the war, yet fought on alone. Often more adept and fearless at resistance than adults, they exuded an air of guilessness and could slip more easily under the Nazi radar. But as nets tightened, many were captured, tortured or imprisoned, some paying the highest price – a life cut short by execution before they had even turned eighteen. These children were motivated by different ideals; patriotism, political conviction, their Christian beliefs, or revulsion at the brutality of the Third Reich. But what united them was their determination to strike back at an enemy which had deprived them of their freedom, their dignity - and their childhood.


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Download or read book Children Against Hitler written by Monica Porter and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers of all generations have grown up on The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier’s best-selling tale of children under wartime occupation, but few know the real life stories of the children and teenagers who went further and actually stood up to the Nazis. Here, for the first time, Monica Porter gathers together their stories from many corners of occupied Europe, showing how in a variety of audacious and inventive ways children as young as six resisted the Nazi menace, risking and sometimes even sacrificing their brief lives in the process: a heroism that until now has largely gone unsung. These courageous youngsters came from all classes and backgrounds. There were high school drop-outs and social misfits, brainy bookworms, the children of farmers and factory workers. Some lost their entire families to the war, yet fought on alone. Often more adept and fearless at resistance than adults, they exuded an air of guilessness and could slip more easily under the Nazi radar. But as nets tightened, many were captured, tortured or imprisoned, some paying the highest price – a life cut short by execution before they had even turned eighteen. These children were motivated by different ideals; patriotism, political conviction, their Christian beliefs, or revulsion at the brutality of the Third Reich. But what united them was their determination to strike back at an enemy which had deprived them of their freedom, their dignity - and their childhood.

Hero of the Empire

Hero of the Empire

Author: Candice Millard

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2017-05-30

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0307948781

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From the bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic, this thrilling biographical account of the life and legacy of Wintson Churchill is a "nail-biter and top-notch character study rolled into one" (The New York Times). At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England. He arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, to cover the brutal colonial war the British were fighting with Boer rebels and jumpstart his political career. But just two weeks later, Churchill was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escape—traversing hundreds of miles of enemy territory, alone, with nothing but a crumpled wad of cash, four slabs of chocolate, and his wits to guide him. Bestselling author Candice Millard spins an epic story of bravery, savagery, and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters—including Rudyard Kipling, Lord Kitchener, and Mohandas Gandhi—with whom Churchill would later share the world stage. But Hero of the Empire is more than an extraordinary adventure story, for the lessons Churchill took from the Boer War would profoundly affect twentieth century history.


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Download or read book Hero of the Empire written by Candice Millard and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic, this thrilling biographical account of the life and legacy of Wintson Churchill is a "nail-biter and top-notch character study rolled into one" (The New York Times). At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England. He arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, to cover the brutal colonial war the British were fighting with Boer rebels and jumpstart his political career. But just two weeks later, Churchill was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escape—traversing hundreds of miles of enemy territory, alone, with nothing but a crumpled wad of cash, four slabs of chocolate, and his wits to guide him. Bestselling author Candice Millard spins an epic story of bravery, savagery, and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters—including Rudyard Kipling, Lord Kitchener, and Mohandas Gandhi—with whom Churchill would later share the world stage. But Hero of the Empire is more than an extraordinary adventure story, for the lessons Churchill took from the Boer War would profoundly affect twentieth century history.

Decolonising Imperial Heroes

Decolonising Imperial Heroes

Author: Max Jones

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-02

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1317270126

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The heroes of the British and French empires stood at the vanguard of the vibrant cultures of imperialism that emerged in Europe in the second-half of the nineteenth century. Their stories are well known. Scholars have tended to assume that figures such as Livingstone and Gordon, or Marchand and Brazza, vanished rapidly at the end of empire. Yet imperial heroes did not disappear after 1945, as British and French flags were lowered around the world. On the contrary, their reputations underwent a variety of metamorphoses in both the former metropoles and the former colonies. This book develops a framework to understand the complex legacies of decolonisation, both political and cultural, through the case study of imperial heroes. We demonstrate that the ‘decolonisation’ of imperial heroes was a much more complex and protracted process than the political retreat from empire, and that it is still an ongoing phenomenon, even half a century after the world has ceased to be ‘painted in red’. Whilst Decolonising Imperial Heroes explores the appeal of the explorers, humanitarians and missionaries whose stories could be told without reference to violence against colonized peoples, it also analyses the persistence of imperial heroes as sites of political dispute in the former metropoles. Demonstrating that the work of remembrance was increasingly carried out by diverse, fragmented groups of non-state actors, in a process we call ‘the privatisation of heroes’, the book reveals the surprising rejuvenation of imperial heroes in former colonies, both in nation-building narratives and as heritage sites. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History.


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Download or read book Decolonising Imperial Heroes written by Max Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heroes of the British and French empires stood at the vanguard of the vibrant cultures of imperialism that emerged in Europe in the second-half of the nineteenth century. Their stories are well known. Scholars have tended to assume that figures such as Livingstone and Gordon, or Marchand and Brazza, vanished rapidly at the end of empire. Yet imperial heroes did not disappear after 1945, as British and French flags were lowered around the world. On the contrary, their reputations underwent a variety of metamorphoses in both the former metropoles and the former colonies. This book develops a framework to understand the complex legacies of decolonisation, both political and cultural, through the case study of imperial heroes. We demonstrate that the ‘decolonisation’ of imperial heroes was a much more complex and protracted process than the political retreat from empire, and that it is still an ongoing phenomenon, even half a century after the world has ceased to be ‘painted in red’. Whilst Decolonising Imperial Heroes explores the appeal of the explorers, humanitarians and missionaries whose stories could be told without reference to violence against colonized peoples, it also analyses the persistence of imperial heroes as sites of political dispute in the former metropoles. Demonstrating that the work of remembrance was increasingly carried out by diverse, fragmented groups of non-state actors, in a process we call ‘the privatisation of heroes’, the book reveals the surprising rejuvenation of imperial heroes in former colonies, both in nation-building narratives and as heritage sites. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History.

Propaganda, Persuasion and the Great War

Propaganda, Persuasion and the Great War

Author: Pier Paolo Pedrini

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-08-07

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 1351866184

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How to persuade citizens to enlist? How to convince them to fight in a war which was, for many, distant in terms of kilometres as well as interest? Modern persuasion techniques, both political and commercial, were used to motivate enlistment and financial support to build a "factory of consensus". The propagandists manipulated the public, guiding their thoughts and actions according to the wishes of those in power and were therefore the forerunners of spin doctors and marketing and advertising professionals. Their posters caught the attention of members of the public with images of children and beautiful women, involving them, nourishing their inner needs for well-being and social prestige, motivating them by showing them testimonials in amusing and adventurous situations, and inspiring their way of perceiving the enemy and the war itself, whose objective was to "make the world safe for democracy". In the discourse of this strategy we find storytelling, humour, satire and fear, but also the language of gestures, recognized as important for the completeness of messages. Were the propagandists "hidden persuaders" who knew the characteristics of the human mind? We do not know for certain. However, their posters have a personal and consistent motivation which this book intends to demonstrate.


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Download or read book Propaganda, Persuasion and the Great War written by Pier Paolo Pedrini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to persuade citizens to enlist? How to convince them to fight in a war which was, for many, distant in terms of kilometres as well as interest? Modern persuasion techniques, both political and commercial, were used to motivate enlistment and financial support to build a "factory of consensus". The propagandists manipulated the public, guiding their thoughts and actions according to the wishes of those in power and were therefore the forerunners of spin doctors and marketing and advertising professionals. Their posters caught the attention of members of the public with images of children and beautiful women, involving them, nourishing their inner needs for well-being and social prestige, motivating them by showing them testimonials in amusing and adventurous situations, and inspiring their way of perceiving the enemy and the war itself, whose objective was to "make the world safe for democracy". In the discourse of this strategy we find storytelling, humour, satire and fear, but also the language of gestures, recognized as important for the completeness of messages. Were the propagandists "hidden persuaders" who knew the characteristics of the human mind? We do not know for certain. However, their posters have a personal and consistent motivation which this book intends to demonstrate.

Divided Village: The Cold War in the German Borderlands

Divided Village: The Cold War in the German Borderlands

Author: Jason B. Johnson

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-05-18

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1351811053

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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: Eerie -- 1 Calamity, 1945-1952 -- 2 Elimination, 1952 -- 3 Fighting mood, 1952-1960 -- 4 Admonition, 1960-1961 -- 5 Bleak, 1961-1989 -- 6 Ass of the world, 1961-1989 -- Epilogue: Dream -- Bibliography -- Index


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Download or read book Divided Village: The Cold War in the German Borderlands written by Jason B. Johnson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: Eerie -- 1 Calamity, 1945-1952 -- 2 Elimination, 1952 -- 3 Fighting mood, 1952-1960 -- 4 Admonition, 1960-1961 -- 5 Bleak, 1961-1989 -- 6 Ass of the world, 1961-1989 -- Epilogue: Dream -- Bibliography -- Index

Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

Author: Roberto Cantoni

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-03-27

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1315531526

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The importance of oil for national military-industrial complexes appeared more clearly than ever in the Cold War. This volume argues that the confidential acquisition of geoscientific knowledge was paramount for states, not only to provide for their own energy needs, but also to buttress national economic and geostrategic interests and protect energy security. By investigating the postwar rebuilding and expansion of French and Italian oil industries from the second half of the 1940s to the early 1960s, this book shows how successive administrations in those countries devised strategies of oil exploration and transport, aiming at achieving a higher degree of energy autonomy and setting up powerful oil agencies that could implement those strategies. However, both within and outside their national territories, these two European countries had to confront the new Cold War balances and the interests of the two superpowers.


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Download or read book Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War written by Roberto Cantoni and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of oil for national military-industrial complexes appeared more clearly than ever in the Cold War. This volume argues that the confidential acquisition of geoscientific knowledge was paramount for states, not only to provide for their own energy needs, but also to buttress national economic and geostrategic interests and protect energy security. By investigating the postwar rebuilding and expansion of French and Italian oil industries from the second half of the 1940s to the early 1960s, this book shows how successive administrations in those countries devised strategies of oil exploration and transport, aiming at achieving a higher degree of energy autonomy and setting up powerful oil agencies that could implement those strategies. However, both within and outside their national territories, these two European countries had to confront the new Cold War balances and the interests of the two superpowers.

The History of the European Migration Regime

The History of the European Migration Regime

Author: Emmanuel Comte

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-08-23

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 135167000X

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After the Second World War, the international migration regime in Europe took a course different from the global migration regime and the migration regimes in other regions of the world. Cumbersome and arbitrary administrative practices prevailed in the late 1940s in most parts of Europe. The gradual implementation of regulations for the free movement of people within the European Community, European citizenship, and the internal and external dimensions of the Schengen agreements profoundly transformed the European migration regime. These instruments produced a regional regime in Europe with an unparalleled degree of intraregional openness and an unparalleled degree of closure towards migrants from outside Europe. This book relies on national and international archives to explain how German strategies during the Cold War shaped the openness of that original regime. This migration regime helped Germany to create a stable international order in Western Europe after the war, conducive to German Reunification and supported German economic expansion. The book embraces the whole period of development of this regime, from 1947 through 1992. It deals with all types of migrants between and towards European countries: unskilled labourers, skilled professionals, self-employed workers, and migrant workers’ family members, examining both their access to economic activity and their social and political rights.


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Download or read book The History of the European Migration Regime written by Emmanuel Comte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-23 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Second World War, the international migration regime in Europe took a course different from the global migration regime and the migration regimes in other regions of the world. Cumbersome and arbitrary administrative practices prevailed in the late 1940s in most parts of Europe. The gradual implementation of regulations for the free movement of people within the European Community, European citizenship, and the internal and external dimensions of the Schengen agreements profoundly transformed the European migration regime. These instruments produced a regional regime in Europe with an unparalleled degree of intraregional openness and an unparalleled degree of closure towards migrants from outside Europe. This book relies on national and international archives to explain how German strategies during the Cold War shaped the openness of that original regime. This migration regime helped Germany to create a stable international order in Western Europe after the war, conducive to German Reunification and supported German economic expansion. The book embraces the whole period of development of this regime, from 1947 through 1992. It deals with all types of migrants between and towards European countries: unskilled labourers, skilled professionals, self-employed workers, and migrant workers’ family members, examining both their access to economic activity and their social and political rights.

The Age of Anniversaries

The Age of Anniversaries

Author: T. G. Otte

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-28

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 135170236X

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For historians centennial commemorations furnish an excellent heuristic tool for gauging late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century attitudes towards the past and the present. Centenary celebrations helped to revive, perpetuate and reinforce public perceptions of historical events and people in collective memory. They were fairly infrequent before 1850 but increased in size and numbers by the end of the long nineteenth century, so much so that a ‘cult of the centenary’ had become established throughout the wider Western world around 1900. At one level, such events were ephemeral affairs. And yet many left a lasting legacy. Above all, as part of the contemporary processes of the ‘invention of traditions’ and the conscious national ‘self-historicization’ of the established nation-states, they offer crucial insights into the social, cultural and political dynamics of the period.


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Download or read book The Age of Anniversaries written by T. G. Otte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For historians centennial commemorations furnish an excellent heuristic tool for gauging late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century attitudes towards the past and the present. Centenary celebrations helped to revive, perpetuate and reinforce public perceptions of historical events and people in collective memory. They were fairly infrequent before 1850 but increased in size and numbers by the end of the long nineteenth century, so much so that a ‘cult of the centenary’ had become established throughout the wider Western world around 1900. At one level, such events were ephemeral affairs. And yet many left a lasting legacy. Above all, as part of the contemporary processes of the ‘invention of traditions’ and the conscious national ‘self-historicization’ of the established nation-states, they offer crucial insights into the social, cultural and political dynamics of the period.