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From servants of the empire to everyday heroes : the British honours system in the twentieth century / Tobias Harper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harper, Tobias, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orders of knighthood and chivalry--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Orders of knighthood and chivalry.
- Decorations of honor--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Decorations of honor.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 298 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Contents:
- 1 Ordering Empire and Democracy, 1902-1921 p. 24
- 2 My Neighbor's Honour, 1921-1939 p. 68
- 3 Peoples War, Peoples Heroes? 1939-1945 p. 104
- 4 New World Orders: Honours and Decolonization p. 138
- 5 Drawing Together? 1945-1979 p. 172
- 6 The Re-enchanted Hierarchy, 1970-2004 p. 210.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198841183
- 9780198841180
- OCLC:
- 1108440594
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