Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Loss, Memory, Desire: 1. The unquiet grave: imaginary journeys; 2. Hearts of stone: creating the cemeteries of the Great War; Part II. Family Journeys: 3. In foreign fields: the first family pilgrimages; 4. 'Sacred Places': family pilgrimage today; Part III. Soldiers' Tales: 5. To see old mates again: diggers return; 6. 'A grave that could have been my own': Services' pilgrimage; Part IV. Testament of Youth: 7. Walking with history: learning about war; 8. 'It's like a Mecca, like a pilgrimage': backpacker travels; Conclusion; Epilogue.

Promotional Information

This book, first published in 2006, explores the memory of the Great War through the historical experience of pilgrimage.

About the Author

Bruce Scates is an Associate Professor in the School of History, University of New South Wales. He has published in leading international journals and is the author and co author of three previous Cambridge titles, A New Australia: Citizenship, Radicalism and the First Republic, Women at Work in Australia's Cities and Towns and Women and the Great War. All of these books won critical acclaim and the last won the coveted NSW Premier's History Award.