Civvies Middle-class men on the English Home Front, 1914-18
The history of the First World War continues to attract enormous interest. However, most attention remains concentrated on combatants, creating a misleading picture of wartime Britain: one might be forgiven for assuming that by 1918, the country had become virtually denuded of civilian men and parti...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Manchester University Press
2016.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cultural History of Modern War. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39287701*spi |
| Sumario: | The history of the First World War continues to attract enormous interest. However, most attention remains concentrated on combatants, creating a misleading picture of wartime Britain: one might be forgiven for assuming that by 1918, the country had become virtually denuded of civilian men and particularly of middle-class men who - or so it seems - volunteered en masse in the early months of war. In fact, the majority of middle-class (and other) men did not enlist, but we still know little about their wartime experiences. Civvies thus takes a different approach to the history of the war and fo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 348 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 317-333) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9781526110756 |
