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British Army Uniform and the First World War : Men in Khaki / by J. Tynan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tynan, Jane, 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military history.
- Social history.
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- Industrial design.
- History, Modern.
- Military History.
- Social History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Cultural History.
- Industrial Design.
- Modern History.
- Local Subjects:
- Military History.
- Social History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Cultural History.
- Industrial Design.
- Modern History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- Jane Tynan offers new perspectives on the cultural history of the First World War by examining the clothing worn by British combatants on the western front. Khaki emerges as a significant part of war experience, which embodied gender, social class and ethnicity, impacted the tailoring trade and became a touchstone for pacifist resistance.
- Contents:
- Introduction: khaki and the First World War
- Making men
- The Kitchener image and recruitment
- Fashioning the civiliansoldier
- Quakers in khaki: conscientious objector's resistance to uniform
- Ranking men
- Improvised officers: khaki and social class
- Fitting in: race, ethnicity and army dress
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781349337170
- 134933717X
- 9781137318312
- 1137318317
- OCLC:
- 867635579
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