The Poppy: A History of Conflict, Loss, Remembrance, and Redemption - Couverture souple

Saunders, Nicholas J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780744048 ISBN 13 : 9781780744049

Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2014

Synopsis

The definitive history of the ever-enduring icon

In the aftermath of the horrific trench warfare of the First World War, the poppy – sprouting across the killing fields of France and Belgium, then immortalized in John McCrae’s moving poem – became a worldwide icon. Yet the poppy has a longer history, as the tell-tale sign of human cultivation of the land, of the ravages of war, and of the desire to escape the earthly realm through opium dreams or morphine drips. From the ancient Egyptian fights over prized potions to the addicts of the American Civil War, to the British entanglements in the Opium Wars with China and the struggle to end Afghanistan’s tribal narcotics trade, there is the poppy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nicholas J. Saunders is the world's leading authority on the anthropology and archaeology of the First World War. His exhibition of trench art was for five years a centrepiece of the 'In Flanders Fields Museum'

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oneworld Publications
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1780744048
• ISBN 13: 9781780744049
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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