Civvies : Middle-class men on the English Home Front, 1914-18.

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Ugolini, Laura

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TextSeries: Cultural History of Modern War MUPPublication details: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.Description: 1 online resource (348 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781526110756
152611075X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Civvies : Middle-class men on the English Home Front, 1914-18.DDC classification:

940.34100000000001

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D524.7.G7.U365 2013

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Contents:

CIVVIES: MIDDLE-CLASS MEN ON THE ENGLISH HOME FRONT, 1914-18: Laura Ugolini; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; Illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: Middle-class men and the First World War ; 1 The impact of war, c.1914-15 ; 2 The war on the home front, c.1915-18.

3. A united home front? 4. Civilians and military service ; 5. Home front volunteers ; 6. Working lives ; 7. Consumption and leisure ; 8. Families and relationships ; Conclusion; Bibliography ; Index.

Summary: 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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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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-333) and index.

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