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- Title
Who Owned Waterloo? Battle, Memory, and Myth in British History, 1815-1852.
- Authors
Cañas de Pablos, Alberto
- Abstract
The book "Who Owned Waterloo? Battle, Memory, and Myth in British History, 1815-1852" by Luke Reynolds analyzes the dispute over the memory and myth of the Battle of Waterloo in British history. The author highlights the imposition of the United Kingdom as the victor of the battle, despite the challenges and participation of its allies. The book also examines the different representations and commemorations of Waterloo, including monuments, banquets, and artworks. Additionally, it addresses the tourism and industry that developed around the battlefield, as well as the disputes over the construction of commemorative monuments on British territory. This work is an important contribution to the study of public memory in nineteenth-century historiography.
- Subjects
WHO Owned Waterloo? Battle, Memory &; Myth in British History 1815-1852 (Book); COLLECTIVE memory; REYNOLDS, Luke; BATTLE of Waterloo, Belgium, 1815; BRITISH history; MYTH; MEMORY; NONFICTION; BATTLEFIELDS
- Publication
Historia y Politica: Ideas, Procesos y Movimientos Sociales, 2023, Issue 49, p405
- ISSN
1575-0361
- Publication type
Book Review