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Author:

Kuhlman, Erika A., 1961-

Title:

Of little comfort : war widows, fallen soldiers, and the remaking of nation after the Great War / Erika Kuhlman.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

x, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1914-1918--Women.
War widows--History--United States--History--20th century.
War widows--History--Germany--History--20th century.
War widows--History--Western countries--History--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States.
World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Germany.
Nationalism--History--20th century.
Transnationalism--History--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--1918-1932.
Germany--Social conditions--1918-1933.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

An Army of Widows -- Trostlose Stunden : German War Widows -- The War Widows' Romance : Victory and Loss in the United States -- The Transnationalization of Soldiers, Widows, and War Relief -- "The Other Trench" : Remarriage, Pronatalism, and the Rebirthing of the Nation -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

0814749054 (ebook)
9780814749050 (ebook)
0814748406 (ebook)
9780814748404 (ebook)
0814748392 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780814748398 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)733232559

LCCN:

2011040565

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)