First World War commemoration in Europe has been framed as a moment of national trial and as a collective European tragedy. But the 'Great War for Civilisation' was more than just a European conflict. It was in fact a global war, a clash of empires that began a process of nationalist agitation against imperial polities and the racisms that underpinned them in Asia, Africa and beyond. Despite the global context of Centenary commemorative activity these events remain framed by national and state imaginaries and ones in which the ideas about nation, race and imperialism that animated and dominated men and women during the Great War sit uncomfortably with modern sensibilities.
By drawing on original archival research, translations from French and Mandarin into English and by employing multidisciplinary conceptual frames of analysis this exciting and innovative volume explores how race and empire, and racism and imperialism, were commemorated or forgotten during the First World War Centenary.
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Cover 1
Table of Contents 5
Commemorating Race and Empire in the First World War Centenary 7
Rediscovering and Rehabilitating Empire, 2014–2018 21
From 'Coolie' to Transnational Agent: the 'Afterlives' of World War One Chinese Workers 23
Marigolds and Poppies: Commemorating 'Indian' War Dead 39
Situating the Belgian Congo in Belgium's First World War Centenary 51
Maori and Great War Commemoration in New Zealand: Biculturalism and the Politics of Forging National Memory 63
Representing Race and Empire, 1900–1920 77
Resénégalisation and the Representation
of Black African Troops during World War One 79
'A Strange, New Race': Eugenics and the Australian Soldier in the First World War 93
The First Circle of Memory: First World War Postcards of British Imperial Troops in Marseilles 107
Aesthetic Form and Political Function: Representations of French Algerian and British Indian Troops in First World War Recruiting Posters 131
Memorialising Race and Empire in Settler Societies, 1919–2018 149
A Tale of Two Monuments: The War Memorials of Oran and Algiers and Commemorative Culture in Colonial and Post-Colonial Algeria 151
Anzac, Race and Empire: Memorialising Soldiers and Warriors in Australia 169
Contributor Biographies 187
Index terms 191

The ‘Great War for Civilisation’ was more than a European conflict. It was a global war spanning Asia, Africa and beyond. Drawing on original archival research in several languages and employing multidisciplinary frames of analysis, this innovative volume explores how race and empire were commemorated during the First World War Centenary.

2025-10-27