Britain and World War One / / Alan G.V. Simmonds

• Autore: Simmonds Alan G. V.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 326 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 940.3/41
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain; World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain - Influence
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History George V, 1910-1936; Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century; Great Britain Economic conditions 20th century
• Classificazione: 8
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Britain and World War I
• Titolo autorizzato: Britain and World War One
• ISBN: 1-136-62996-3; 1-283-45958-2; 9786613459589; 1-136-62997-1; 0-203-80289-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820072603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II