02590nam 2200577 450 991049472070332120180731212050.01-57181-724-71-78238-183-X(CKB)2670000000569799(EBL)1809603(SSID)ssj0001235118(PQKBManifestationID)11679991(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001235118(PQKBWorkID)11222625(PQKB)11110066(MiAaPQ)EBC1809603(EXLCZ)99267000000056979920181006d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEvidence, history, and the Great War historians and the impact of 1914-18 /edited by Gail BraybonNew York ;Oxford :Berghahn Books,2008.1 online resource (256 p.)Paper edition originally published in 2004.1-322-17024-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Evidence, History and the Great War; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Note on Terminology; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Notes on Contributors; Index In the English-speaking world the Great War maintains a tenacious grip on the public imagination, and also continues to draw historians to an event which has been interpreted variously as a symbol of modernity, the midwife to the twentieth century and an agent of social change. Although much ''common knowledge'' about the war and its aftermath has included myth, simplification and generalisation, this has often been accepted uncritically by popular and academic writers alike. While Britain may have suffered a surfeit of war books, many telling much the same story, there is far less written aWorld War, 1914-1918HistoriographyWorld War, 1914-1918Social aspectsWar and societyWorld War, 1914-1918WomenElectronic books.World War, 1914-1918Historiography.World War, 1914-1918Social aspects.War and society.World War, 1914-1918Women.940.3940.3/1Braybon GailMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910494720703321Evidence, history, and the Great War2445939UNINA