The last Great War : British society and the First World War / Adrian Gregory.
The last Great War : British society and the First World War / Adrian Gregory.
The last Great War : British society and the First World War / Adrian Gregory.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
Call Numbers
G 2018/3782
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English
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Physical content
viii, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction. The war that did not end all wars -- 1. Going to war -- 2. Defining the enemy: Atrocities and propaganda 1914-1915 -- 3. From spectatorship to participation; From volunteering to compulsion 1914-1916 -- 4. Economies of sacrifice -- 5. Redemption through war: Religion and the languages...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"What was it that the British people believed they were fighting for in 1914-1918? This compelling history of the British home front during the First World War offers an entirely new account of how British society understood and endured the war. Drawing on official archives, memoirs, diaries and letters, Adrian Gregory sheds new light on the public...
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The last Great War : British society and the First World War / Adrian Gregory.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
State Reference Library copy at G 2018/3782 : transferred from N940.341/10
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G 2018/3782
Record Identifier
74VM4b08EdgM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4b08EdgM
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ISBN
0521450373
9780521450379
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940.341
MMS ID
991001537909702626
