French soldiers and their correspondence: Towards a history of writing practices in the first world war

French History

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-95

  Lyons, Martyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FRANCE; HISTORY; IDENTITY; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MILITARY MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOLDIER; WAR; WRITING;

ACCULTURATION; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; DEATH; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FRANCE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MILITARY PERSONNEL; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD WAR I; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 61949459768     PISSN: 02691191     EISSN: 14774542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fh/17.1.79     Document Type: Article

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