Screen LibraryPrisoners of war : archaeology, memory, and heritage of 19th- and 20th-Century mass internment /
The archaeology of war has revealed evidence of bravery, sacrifice, heroism, cowardice, and atrocities. Mostly absent from these narratives of victory and defeat, however, are the experiences of prisoners of war, despite what these can teach us about cruelty, ingenuity, and human adaptability.The in...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Contributions to global historical archaeology,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4166-3 |
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The archaeology of war has revealed evidence of bravery, sacrifice, heroism, cowardice, and atrocities. Mostly absent from these narratives of victory and defeat, however, are the experiences of prisoners of war, despite what these can teach us about cruelty, ingenuity, and human adaptability.The international array of case studies in Prisoners of War restores this hidden past through case studies of PoW camps of the Napoleonic era, the American Civil War, and both World Wars. These bring to light wide variations in historical and cultural details, excavation and investigative methods used, items found and their interpretation, and their contributions to archaeology, history and heritage. Illustrated with diagrams, period photographs, and historical quotations, these chapters vividly reveal challenges and opportunities for researchers and heritage managers, and revisit powerful ethical questions that persist to this day. Notorious and lesser-known aspects of PoW experiences that are addressed include: Designing and operating an 18th-century British PoW camp.Life and death at Confederate and Union American Civil War PoW camps.The role of possessions in coping strategies during World War I.The archaeology of the 'Great Escape'Experiencing and negotiating space at civilian internment camps in Germany and Allied PoW camps in Normandy in World War II.The role of archaeology in the memorial process, in America, Norway, Germany and FranceGraffiti, decorative ponds, illicit sake drinking, and family life at Japanese American camps As one of the first book-length examinations of this fascinating multidisciplinary topic, Prisoners of War merits serious attention from historians, social justice researchers and activists, archaeologists, and anthropologists. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781461441663 (electronic bk.) 1461441668 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | CC77 |
| CLC: | K85 |
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Introduction -- Prisoner of War Archaeology / Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century experiences -- Artifacts of Internment: Archaeology and Interpretation at Two American Civil War Prisoner-of-War Sites / Life and Death at the Florence Stockade, American Civil War, Prisoner of War Camp, South Carolina / Johnson's Island US Civil War Military Prison / Norman Cross: Designing and Operating an Eighteenth-Century British Prisoner of War Camp / Twentieth-century Britain and Europe: Military POWs -- Excavating the World War II Prisoner of War camp at La Glacerie, Cherbourg, Normandy / American, British, and French PoW Camps in Normandy, France (1944-1948). Which Role for Archaeology in the Memorial Process? / Stalag Luft III: The Archaeology of an Escaper's Camp / Reinforced Concrete, Steel and Slaves: Archaeological Studies of Prisoners of World War II in Norway--The Case of Romsdal Peninsula / Twentieth-century Britain and Europe: Civilian POWs -- Materiality Matters: The Role of Things in Coping Strategies at Cunningham's Camp, Douglas During World War I / My Home Was the Area Around My Bed: Experiencing and Negotiating Space in Civilian Internment Camps in Germany, 1942-1945 / A Tale of Two Towns: Heritage and Memory of Civilian Internment in Baden-Wu rttemberg, Germany, 1942-2012 / Writing and Experiencing Internment: Rethinking Paul Jacobsthal's Internment Report in the Light of New Discoveries / Twentieth-century Japanese-American Civilian North America -- Life in Manzanar Where There Is a Spring Breeze: Graffiti at a World War II Japanese American Internment Camp / Japanese-Style Ornamental Community Gardens at Manzanar Relocation Center / An Archaeological and Ethnographic Examination of the Acquisition, Presence, and Consumption of Sake at Camp Amache, a World War II Japanese Internment Camp / Perseverance and Prejudice: Maintaining Community in Amache, Colorado's World War II Japanese Internment Camp / Postscript -- Prisoner of War Archaeology in an Interdisciplinary Context / |