Civvies :: Middle-class men on the English Home Front, 1914-18.

The history of the First World War continues to attract enormous interest. However, most attention remains concentrated on combatants, creating a misleading picture of wartime Britain: one might be forgiven for assuming that by 1918, the country had become virtually denuded of civilian men and parti...

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1. Verfasser: Ugolini, Laura
Weitere Verfasser: Taithe, Bertrand, Summerfield, Penny, Gatrell, Peter, Jones, Max, Carden-Coyne, Ana
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Schriftenreihe:Cultural History of Modern War MUP.
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Zusammenfassung:The history of the First World War continues to attract enormous interest. However, most attention remains concentrated on combatants, creating a misleading picture of wartime Britain: one might be forgiven for assuming that by 1918, the country had become virtually denuded of civilian men and particularly of middle-class men who - or so it seems - volunteered en masse in the early months of war. In fact, the majority of middle-class (and other) men did not enlist, but we still know little about their wartime experiences. Civvies thus takes a different approach to the history of the war and fo.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (348 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-333) and index.
ISBN:9781526110756
152611075X
9781526110749
1526110741

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