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61Remembrance days / Commemoration / Cemetery / Mourning / Headstone / Grief / Armistice Day / Death / Death customs / Culture / Holidays in the United States

Bereavement and Mourning (South East Europe) By Olga Manojlovic Pintar The Great War impacted the lives of almost every family in South East Europe. Unable to properly mourn the bodies of their loved ones who died at the

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62Epidemiology / Biological weapons / Zoonoses / Rickettsioses / Global health / Pandemic / Smallpox / Public health / Plague / Health / Medicine / Biology

Disease and Public Health (Portugal) By Rita Garnel In recent years, the number of studies on the Portuguese First Republican experience has tripled. The centennial commemoration of the Republican regime in 2010 was a po

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63World War I / Europe / Germany / The German Reich and the Second World War / Spirit / East Germany / Eastern Bloc / Politics of Europe

Food and Nutrition (Germany) By Belinda Davis “Manmade” food shortages arose early in the war on the front line and especially on the German home front. Hundreds of thousands suffered malnutrition and worse. Attendan

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64Culture / Francs-tireurs / Death / Human behavior / Death customs / Mourning / Funeral

Bereavement and Mourning (Belgium) By Laurence van Ypersele World War I claimed the lives of approximately 60,000 Belgian civilians and soldiers. Belgium was uniquely situated in the middle of the conflict and suffered c

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65Austria-Hungary / Austria / House of Habsburg / Oszkár Jászi / Robert John Weston Evans / Otto von Habsburg / Europe / Emperor of Austria / Habsburg Monarchy

Historiography 1918-Today (Austria-Hungary) By Hannes Leidinger Apart from a few brief words regarding the relevant scientific work of international scholars, this article focuses primarily on Austrian World War I histor

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66Indigenous peoples of North America / History of North America / Australian Aboriginal culture / First Nations / Indigenous Australians / Stolen Generations / Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada / Canada / Aboriginal title / Americas / Aboriginal peoples in Canada / Ethnic groups in Canada

Indigenous Experience of War (British Dominions) By Noah Riseman and Timothy C. Winegard Policymakers in the British Dominions of Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand and South Africa confronted the common questi

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67Parcel post / Ilag / Prisoner of war / National security / World War II / Cultural history / Red Cross parcel / Postal censorship / Postal system / Mail / Postcard

War Letters: Communication between Front and Home Front By Martha Hanna In nations where literacy was well-established by 1914, letter-writing was critical to the emotional well-being of soldiers and their families. Men

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68Prisoner of war / Union / The Great War / Rationing / Finnish Civil War / Pacifism / World War I / Home front during World War II / Nanking Massacre denial / Military history of Europe / Military / Military history

The Everyday as Involved in War By Tammy M. Proctor This essay examines how the "everyday" functions in war, not only for those on the home fronts, but for those in combat roles and for those living between the lines. Fi

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69Liang Qichao / Li Yuanhong / Progressive Party / Duan Qirui / Sun Yat-sen / Yuan Shikai / Feng Guozhang / China / Republic of China / Chinese people / Politics of China / Government of the Republic of China

Governments, Parliaments and Parties (China) By Lin-Chun Wu China’s attempt to participate in the European war was complicated by domestic turbulence. Japan’s bid for supremacy in China compelled President Yuan Shika

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70Socioeconomics / Welfare economics / Political economy / Welfare state / Unemployment / Italian welfare state / Social protection / Labour Party / Labour law / Social programs / Government / Sociology

Post-war Welfare Policies By Pierluigi Pironti The Great War gave new impulses to the further development of public welfare systems which had emerged in previous decades. The desire for the social protection of the popul

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