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Evidence, history, and the Great War : historians and the impact of 1914-18 / edited by Gail Braybon.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Historiography.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects.
- War and society.
- World War, 1914-1918--Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the English-speaking world the Great War maintains a tenacious grip on the public imagination, and also continues to draw historians to an event which has been interpreted variously as a symbol of modernity, the midwife to the twentieth century and an agent of social change. Although much ''common knowledge'' about the war and its aftermath has included myth, simplification and generalisation, this has often been accepted uncritically by popular and academic writers alike. While Britain may have suffered a surfeit of war books, many telling much the same story, there is far less written a
- Contents:
- Evidence, History and the Great War; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Note on Terminology; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Notes on Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Paper edition originally published in 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781571817242
- 1571817247
- 9781782381839
- 178238183X
- OCLC:
- 1347246813
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