Isbn: 9780521728836 - the last great war: british society and the first world war (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Cover and edges may have some wear.

First Paperback Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; (viii, 354 pages). Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain. World War, 1914-1918 Social aspects Great Britain. Great Britain History George V, 1910-1936. Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 360 pages. 8.90x5.98x0.79 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2008. 1st Edition. Paperback. A groundbreaking new history of the British home front during the First World War. Num Pages: 362 pages, 18 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 584. British Society and the First World War. 362 pages, 18 b/w illus. A groundbreaking new history of the British home front during the First World War. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight: 588. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - What was it that the British people believed they were fighting for in 1914-18 This compelling history of the British home front during the First World War offers an entirely new account of how British society understood and endured the war. Drawing on official archives, memoirs, diaries and letters, Adrian Gregory sheds new light on the public reaction to the war, examining the role of propaganda and rumour in fostering patriotism and hatred of the enemy. He shows the importance of the ethic of volunteerism and the rhetoric of sacrifice in debates over where the burdens of war should fall as well as the influence of religious ideas on wartime culture. As the war drew to a climax and tensions about the distribution of sacrifices threatened to tear society apart, he shows how victory and the processes of commemoration helped create a fiction of a society united in grief.…