03655oam 2200601I 450 991082007260332120240516201844.01-136-62996-31-283-45958-297866134595891-136-62997-10-203-80289-610.4324/9780203802892(CKB)2670000000148348(MiAaPQ)EBC958625(Au-PeEL)EBL958625(CaPaEBR)ebr10610142(CaONFJC)MIL345958(OCoLC)798530319(OCoLC)894227257(EXLCZ)99267000000014834820180706d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBritain and World War One /Alan G.V. SimmondsLondon ;New York :Routledge,2012.326 p. ill0-415-45538-3 0-415-45539-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Summer's end -- 2. For king and country -- 3. The industry of conflict -- 4. The eclipse of party government -- 5. Workplace women -- 6. Society, family and welfare -- 7. Food, farming and rural society -- 8. A question of propaganda -- 9. War culture -- 10. After rejoicing.The First World War appears as a fault line in Britain's twentieth-century history. Between August 1914 and November 1918 the titanic struggle against Imperial Germany and her allies consumed more people, more money and more resources than any other conflict that Britain had hitherto experienced. For the first time, it opened up a Home Front that stretched into all parts of the British polity, society and culture, touching the lives of every citizen regardless of age, gender and class: vegetables were even grown in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. Britain and World War One throws attention on these civilians who fought the war on the Home Front. Harnessing recent scholarship, and drawing on original documents, oral testimony and historical texts, this book casts a fresh look over different aspects of British society during the four long years of war. It revisits the early war enthusiasm and the making of Kitchener's new armies; the emotive debates over conscription; the relationships between politics, government and popular opinion; women working in wartime industries; the popular experience of war and the question of social change. This book also explores areas of wartime Britain overlooked by recent histories, including the impact of the war on rural society; the mobilization of industry and the importance of technology; responses to air raids and food and housing shortages; and the challenges to traditional social and sexual mores and wartime culture. Britain and World War One is essential reading for all students and interested lay readers of the First World War.Britain and World War IWorld War, 1914-1918Great BritainWorld War, 1914-1918Great BritainInfluenceGreat BritainHistoryGeorge V, 1910-1936Great BritainSocial life and customs20th centuryGreat BritainEconomic conditions20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918World War, 1914-1918Influence.940.3/418ssgnSimmonds Alan G. V.1659332MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820072603321Britain and World War One4013919UNINA