(Re-)imagining Germanness: Victoria's Germans and the 1915 Lusitania riot.

In May 1915 British soldiers stationed near Victoria instigated a retaliatory riot against the local German community for the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. The riot spanned two days, and many local residents eagerly took part in the looting and destruction of German owned businesses. Despite its uni...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richards, Arthur Tylor
Other Authors: Lutz, John S.
Language:English
en
Published: 2012
Subjects:
WW1
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4131