Transnational Outrage
Subtitle: The Death and Commemoration of Edith Cavell
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: August 21, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781403986078
Subjects: European history: First World War; Nursing; Social history; Women's studies; History; History - General History; History: World; Belgium; History / Europe / General; Europe - General
Description: The execution of British matron Edith Cavell in Belgium by the occupying German forces was portrayed by the Allied cause as one of the key atrocities of the Great War. This book recovers and interprets the reaction to Cavell's death, exploring its contextual relationship within imperial and international history.