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In the months and years immediately following the First World War, the many (European) countries that had formed its battleground were confronted with daunting challenges. These challenges varied according to the country’s earlier role and degree of involvement in the war but were without exception enormous. The contributors to this book analyse how this was not only a matter of rebuilding ravaged cities and destroyed infrastructure but also of rebuilding people’s damaged bodies and upended daily lives, and rethinking and reforming societal, economic and political structures. These processes took place against the backdrop of mass mourning and remembrance, political violence and economic crisis. At the same time, the postwar tabula rasa offered many innovative opportunities in various areas of society, from social and political reform to architectural design. The wide scope of postwar recovery is reflected in the different sections of this book: rebuild, remember, repair, and reform. It offers insights into the postwar era in Western European countries such as Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, as well as into how those efforts were perceived outside of Europe, for instance in Argentina and the United States.
In the months and years immediately following the First World War, the many (European) countries that had formed its battleground were confronted with daunting challenges. These challenges varied according to the country’s earlier role and degree of involvement in the war but were without exception enormous. The contributors to this book analyse how this was not only a matter of rebuilding ravaged cities and destroyed infrastructure but also of rebuilding people’s damaged bodies and upended daily lives, and rethinking and reforming societal, economic and political structures. These processes took place against the backdrop of mass mourning and remembrance, political violence and economic crisis. At the same time, the postwar tabula rasa offered many innovative opportunities in various areas of society, from social and political reform to architectural design. The wide scope of postwar recovery is reflected in the different sections of this book: rebuild, remember, repair, and reform. It offers insights into the postwar era in Western European countries such as Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, as well as into how those efforts were perceived outside of Europe, for instance in Argentina and the United States.
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Acknowledgements Introduction Revival After The First World War: Rebuild, Remember, Repair, Reform Luc Verpoest, Leen Engelen, Rajesh Heynickx, Jan Schmidt, Pieter Uyttenhove & Pieter Verstraete PART ONE — REBUILD Catastrophe and Reconstruction in Western Europe: The Urban Aftermath of the First World War Pierre Purseigle Reflections on Leuven as Martyred City and the Realignment of Propinquity Richard Plunz Making Good Farmers by Making Better Farms: Farmstead Architecture and Social Engineering in Belgium After the Great War Dries Claeys & Yves Segers “C’est la beauté de l’ensemble qu’il faut viser.” Notes on Changing Heritage Values of Belgian Post-World War I Reconstruction Townscapes Maarten Liefooghe Rebuilding, Recovery, Reconceptualization: Modern architecture and the First World War Volker M. Welter PART TWO — REMEMBER Reclaiming the Ordinary: Civilians Face the Post-war World Tammy M. Proctor Expressing Grief and Gratitude in an Unsettled Time Temporary First World War Memorials in Belgium Leen Engelen & Marjan Sterckx Remembering the War on the British Stage: From Resistance to Reconstruction Helen E. M. Brooks A War to Learn From: Commemorative Practices in Belgian Schools After World War l Kaat Wils PART THREE — REPAIR High Expectations and Silenced Realities: The Re-education of Belgian Disabled Soldiers of the Great War, 1914–1921 Pieter Verstraete and Marisa De Picker Back to work: Riccardo Galeazzi’s Work for the Mutilated Veterans of the Great War, Between German Model and Italian Approach Simonetta Polenghi Competition over Care: The Campaign for a New Medical Campus at the University of Leuven in the 1920s Joris Vandendriessche PART FOUR — REFORM An Argentine Witness of the Occupation and Reconstruction of Belgium: The Writings of Roberto J. Payró (1918-1922) María Inés Tato The New Post-war Order from the Perspective of the Spanish Struggle for Regeneration (1918-1923) Carolina García Sanz The Act of Giving: Political Instability and the Reform(ation) of Humanitarian Responses to Violence in Portugal in the Aftermath of the First World War Ana Paula Pires Reconstruction, Reform and Peace in Europe after the First World War John Horne Bibliography List of Contributors
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