No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Saunders individual contributions В© the contributors All rights reserved. Selection and editorial matter В© 2004 Nicholas J. MATTERS OF CONFLICT Material culture, memory and the First World WarДЇirst published 2004 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 100016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004. Between 19 he was British Academy Senior Research Fellow investigating the anthropology of the First World War.

Saunders is currently Reader in Material Culture in the Department of Anthropology, University College London. The resulting survey sets a new agenda for study of the First World War, and ultimately of all twentieth-century conп¬‚ict. This innovative, hybrid approach investigates the вЂsocial lifeвЂ™ of objects in order to understand them as they move through time and space and intersect the lives of all who come in contact with them. The contributions come from a multidisciplinary perspective, uniting previously compartmentalised disciplines such as anthropology, archaeology, cultural history, museology and art history in their focus on material culture. From trench art and postcards through avant-garde art, museum collections and prosthetic limbs to battleп¬Ѓeld landscapes, the book examines the First World War and its signiп¬Ѓcance through the things it left behind. Matters of Conп¬‚ict looks at the deп¬Ѓnitive invention of the twentieth century вЂ“ industrialised war вЂ“ and its vast and varied material legacy.

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