Evidence, history, and the Great War : historians and the impact of 1914-18 / / edited by Gail Braybon

• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.3; 940.3/1
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Historiography; World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects; War and society; World War, 1914-1918 - Women
• Persona (resp. second.): BraybonGail
• Note generali: Paper edition originally published in 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 a
• Titolo autorizzato: Evidence, history, and the Great War
• ISBN: 1-57181-724-7; 1-78238-183-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815555503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II