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Back in Blighty: The British at Home in World War One - Couverture souple

DeGroot, Gerard

 
9780099582229: Back in Blighty: The British at Home in World War One
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0099582228 ISBN 13 : 9780099582229
Editeur : Vintage, 2014

Synopsis

World War One had a devastating, cataclysmic impact on the world and the British people. As its reverberations were so long-lasting and significant, it is easy to assume that the social consequences were as profound.

In this highly readable and moving survey of life back at home during the First World War, Gerard DeGroot challenges this assumption, finding pre-war social structures were surprisingly resilient. Despite economic and technological changes, the British people managed to cling onto their usual ways of life as much as possible in this new world.

Back in Blighty has been fully revised to take into account new scholarship and historical perspectives, and is full of fascinating glimpses into everyday life during the war. The lives of ordinary people are illuminated and given historical significance in this powerful portrait of the British people and their culture.

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À propos de l'auteur

Born in California, Gerard DeGroot is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews. He has written many books on various aspects of twentieth-century history, most recently The Seventies Unplugged. He regularly contributes to national newspapers both in Britain and in the USA.

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Éditeur
Vintage
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0099582228
ISBN 13 
9780099582229
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
496
Coordonnées du fabricant
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