The great war : localities and regional identities / edited by Nick Mansfield and Craig Horner ; Robin Barlow [and eight others], contributors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mansfield, Nick, editor.

Horner, Craig, editor.

Barlow, Robin, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The First World War was one of the prime motors of social change in modern British history. Culture and technology at all levels were transformed. The growing impact of the state, the introduction of modern democracy and change in political allegiance affected most aspects of the lives of UK citizens. Whilst most of the current centenary interest focuses on military aspects of the conflict, this volume considers how these fundamental changes varied from locality to locality within Britain s Home Front. Taken together, did they drastically alter the long-established importance of regional variations within British society in the early twentieth century? Was there a common national response to these unprecedented events, or did strong regional identities cause significant variations? The series of case studies presented in this volume ranging geographically and by topic detail how communities coped with the war s outbreak, its upheavals, its unprecedented mass mobilization on all fronts, and its unforeseen longevity."

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 28, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6199-5

OCLC:

881608125