Students, Service and Sacrifice: Wartime Education, Adolescent Experiences and Understandings of the First World War
In this study of young students at the Harris Institute Technical College during the First World War, Vernon and Wilkinson offer an evaluation of the aims, methodology and outcomes of a centenary community engagement project undertaken by volunteers. Thei
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Histories, Memories and Representations of being Young in the First World War
Maggie Andrews N. C. Fleming • Marcus Morris Editors
Histories, Memories and Representations of being Young in the First World War
Editors Maggie Andrews University of Worcester Worcester, UK
N. C. Fleming University of Worcester Worcester, UK
Marcus Morris Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester, UK
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Acknowledgements
No book comes to publication without the support, encouragement and assistance of numerous individuals and this volume is no exception. There is no space here to mention everyone but our thanks go to them all. Many of the chapters are based on research supported by, or first discussed at a conference subsidised by, the Voices of War and Peace World War One Engagement Centre, led by the University of Birmingham and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The funding provided by such centres has facilitated a range of research during the centenary of the First World War, much of it conducted with community groups, archives, museums and the heritage industries. This research has expanded the knowledge of how ordinary peoples’ lives were influenced by the conflict. The support from this centre and from Palgrave Macmillan made this book possible and is worthy of thanks. Our thanks also go to our families, friends and colleagues who have s
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