Commemoration of the Great War on the Somme: Exploring personal connections

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-263

  Winter, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

battlefields; family; Great War; nation; Somme

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880995143     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2012.694450     Document Type: Article

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